This is a remote position.
This is a contract opportunity for a Senior Kubernetes Operations Engineer to drive platform reliability and oversee enterprise container infrastructure.
In this role, you will take senior ownership of operational readiness and platform stability by scaling managed clusters, optimising automated CI/CD pipelines, and mitigating operational toil across complex multi-tenant environments.
Position Type: Contract (1 FTE)
Compensation: Daily rate available
Location: Remote, with occasional onsite visits in Germany
Language Requirement: English and German fluent
Responsibilities:
- CI/CD Support & Operational Readiness: Lead the validation of deployment artifacts from an operational standpoint, define quality assurance measures, and ensure robust rollback strategies and observability frameworks are active for production deployments.
- Platform Operations & Incident Management: Monitor system health, performance metrics, and service availability across multi-tenant environments to maintain maximum stability for the managed Kubernetes platform.
- Problem Resolution: Direct root cause analyses and implement corrective and preventive actions to resolve incidents swiftly, minimizing service disruption.
- Automation & Lifecycle Validation: Reduce operational toil by automating recurring tasks and implementing efficient lifecycle validation processes.