Kubernetes SME - Platform/DevOps Engineer - Permanent

Kubernetes SME - Platform/DevOps Engineer - Permanent
Kubernetes, AKS, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Helm, Azure - Financial Services
London-based/Hybrid

Must have: Very strong, hands-on Kubernetes (SME level), Prometheus/Thanos/Grafana/Elasticsearch, cloud platform experience, Financial Services experience

Also key: Strong Terraform experience, building and managing infrastructure as code across cloud and on-prem environments

Our client is looking for a permanent Kubernetes SME to join their platform team and support a major transformation of their IT infrastructure, delivering platform solutions across on-premises, hybrid and Azure environments. Very strong Kubernetes expertise is essential. You'll need to have designed, built and run production clusters yourself, not just deployed onto them. Azure experience is a bonus, but basic knowledge or a strong desire to learn is fine.

This is a long-term role where you'll help shape the platform's direction, set engineering standards and mentor other engineers in the team.

You'll be:

• Designing, building and running Kubernetes environments (AKS, Docker, Helm)
• Operating observability tooling (Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Elasticsearch)
• Provisioning with Terraform and managing configuration with Ansible
• Running CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions
• Supporting Azure infrastructure and hybrid networking
• Implementing platform security, including access control and encryption
• Automating with Python, Bash and PowerShell
• Taking part in on-call and production support rotations

Required: Kubernetes (SME level, hands-on), Terraform, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Elasticsearch, cloud platform experience (Azure, AWS or GCP), Docker, Helm, Financial Services

Desirable: Azure/AKS, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD), GitOps, policy-as-code (Checkov, OPA)

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