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Kubernetes Platform Engineer
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Kubernetes Platform Engineer
United Kingdom
Full Time
4 hours ago
No H1B
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Key skills
Ansible
Azure
Cloud
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Linux
Python
Terraform
VMware
Go
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Helm
Azure DevOps
GitHub
GitLab
GitOps
Agile
CI/CD
About this role
Role Overview
Working closely with an agile development team of Kubernetes engineers to design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on on-prem cloud platforms.
Develop and manage Kubernetes resources including clusters, namespaces, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, CRDs and secrets.
Implement platform capabilities such as logging, monitoring, networking, security, and backup for Kubernetes workloads.
Support multi cluster and multi environment Kubernetes deployments (dev, test, prod).
Work closely with application teams to understand workloads and technical requirements to onboard to Kubernetes platforms.
Define and promote best practices for containerisation, deployment, and runtime operations.
Troubleshoot application and platform issues across Kubernetes, containers, and VMware infrastructure.
Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes.
Automate platform provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
Develop Helm charts or equivalent templating solutions for application and platform components.
Integrate Kubernetes with enterprise tooling (identity, security, networking, observability).
Implement security controls including RBAC, network policies, image scanning, and secrets management.
Configuration of PKI, certificates, and software supply chain security, in the context of cloud and Kubernetes environments.
Contribute to platform reliability through SRE practices such as SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
Support 24/7 operational readiness through automation, runbooks, and monitoring.
Participate in incident resolution and continuous improvement activities.
Requirements
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
Strong engineering experience in delivering, designing, building and supporting Enterprise Scale Kubernetes platforms.
Experience with On Prem Kubernetes platforms (VKS/TKG preferred).
Solid understanding of container technologies (Containers, container runtimes).
Experience with Kubernetes networking, storage, and ingress controllers.
Strong Linux OS experience.
Familiarity with modern cluster provisioning such as CAPI and cluster management via Gitops.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
CI/CD tooling experience (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
Experience with Helm or equivalent Kubernetes packaging tools.
Scripting experience (Python, Go or similar).
Tech Stack
Ansible
Azure
Cloud
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Linux
Python
Terraform
VMware
Go
Benefits
10% on target bonus
BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
Life Assurance Cover
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
Receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
2 weeks carer’s leave
World-class training and development opportunities
Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
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