Platform Engineer

TL;DR

Platform Engineer (DevOps/Kubernetes): Building and managing cloud infrastructure, particularly Azure services and Kubernetes environments, with an accent on implementing DevOps principles and ensuring security compliance. Focus on establishing key reliability metrics and automating infrastructure deployment pipelines.

Location: Portugal or UK (Remote)

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first consultancy specializing in software engineering, product design, and data.

What you will do

• Implement DevOps principles and practices in complex organizations.
• Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Azure services and architecture patterns.
• Deploy and manage multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, including stateful workloads.
• Establish and measure key reliability metrics (SLOs, MTTR, MTTI, Error Budgets).
• Develop infrastructure-as-code with tools like Terraform, following GitOps practices.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, practices, and tooling.
• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly Azure services and architecture patterns.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, operations, and best practices.
• Hands-on experience developing infrastructure-as-code with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or CDK following GitOps practices.
• Strong experience coding, working with APIs, and automating tasks in Python.
• Experience working in an agile methodology.

Culture & Benefits

• Company Private Health Care
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
• €2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
• Remote-first working environment.

Hiring process

• 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
• Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (1h30)