Ambition Hiring! Full Time Principal Kubernetes Platform Engineer in - Ricebowl

We are partnering with a leading global technology-driven organisation to hire a Principal Kubernetes Platform Engineer to help build and evolve the cloud-native platform that powers large-scale research, analytics, and mission-critical business applications.

This is a highly visible technical role suited to a Kubernetes Subject Matter Expert (SME) who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges through software engineering, automation, and platform innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale Kubernetes platforms supporting critical production workloads.
• Lead the development of platform capabilities that improve the developer experience through automation and self-service tooling.
• Design and develop Kubernetes-native solutions, including operators, controllers, and platform integrations.
• Build internal software and automation tools using Golang and/or Python.
• Drive platform scalability, performance optimisation, capacity management, and workload orchestration.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployment frameworks.
• Improve observability across the platform through monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions.
• Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to enhance reliability, security, and operational effectiveness.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advocate for SRE principles, automation-first thinking, and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Expert-level Kubernetes administration, architecture, and troubleshooting experience.
• Strong software engineering capabilities using Golang and/or Python.
• Deep Linux systems administration experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and container platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong knowledge of platform reliability, scalability, performance, and operational best practices.
• Experience developing Kubernetes operators, controllers, or platform tooling.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, security, and workload orchestration.
• Strong software engineering and API development experience.

What's on offer:

• Highly competitive compensation package with strong long-term career growth potential.
• Challenging, large-scale technical projects that push the boundaries of Kubernetes, platform engineering, and automation.
• The chance to work with exceptionally talented engineers and researchers in a collaborative, high-performance environment.
• Significant ownership and influence over the design and evolution of a business-critical platform.
• Exposure to cutting-edge cloud-native technologies, distributed systems, and reliability engineering practices.