Platform Engineer (Cloud/Kubernetes)

Location: Fully remote

Company

hirify.global delivers consulting services focused on cloud, platform engineering, DevOps, and enterprise software environments.

What you will do

• Design, build, and evolve an internal developer platform for Java/Spring Boot services across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes.
• Create reusable deployment patterns, Helm charts, and self-service templates for containerized applications.
• Develop infrastructure as code for environments, networking, identity, secrets, storage, and application runtime services using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Build secure and automated CI/CD capabilities with GitHub, Jenkins, Argo CD, Maven, Gradle, Nexus, and Sonar.
• Enable reliable API, integration, event-driven, and data-integration solutions with shared observability, authentication, and authorization patterns.
• Improve developer experience, platform resilience, performance, security, compliance, and operational readiness through automation, incident learning, runbooks, and measurable platform improvements.

Requirements

• Several years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a closely related role in a complex environment.
• Strong practical experience with one major cloud provider, ideally AWS; Azure exposure is an advantage.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform and/or cloud-native tooling.
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes, including deployment, networking, storage, security, and operational troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, Git-based workflows, automated testing, artifact management, and release practices.
• Experience designing or operating observability, logging, and monitoring solutions, with confidence troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Good scripting or software engineering skills, preferably Python; TypeScript, Java, or similar languages are welcome.
• Solid knowledge of cloud security fundamentals, including identity and access management, secrets management, encryption, network controls, and audit logging.
• Clear communication skills in English and confidence working with distributed, cross-functional, and international teams.

Nice to have

• Experience building an internal developer platform, service catalogue, or self-service workflow.
• Experience in large-scale migration, hybrid-cloud, or multi-country enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of Azure AI, data platforms, event-driven architectures, or API management.
• Cloud, Kubernetes, or security certifications.
• Experience coaching engineers or contributing to engineering standards and communities of practice.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work in a fast-paced, dynamic department.
• Product-minded collaboration with engineering teams, balancing standardization with practical flexibility.
• Work with distributed, cross-functional, and international teams.