Location: Hybrid
Duration: Initial contract until end of the year
Client: Consulting firm supporting a major Financial Services organisation
Overview
We’re looking for an experienced Kubernetes Platform Tech Lead to play a key role in shaping and evolving a highly resilient, scalable, and developer‑friendly Kubernetes platform on Google Cloud.
This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll guide a team of engineers, influence platform strategy, and act as the technical authority for a modern cloud‑native platform. You’ll work closely with platform ownership, DevOps teams, and wider stakeholders to deliver a best‑in‑class Kubernetes offering, while helping drive the organisation’s journey toward a multi‑cloud platform strategy.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the design, build, and evolution of a GKE‑based Kubernetes platform, enabling seamless application deployment
- Guide and support engineers through complex technical challenges, providing hands‑on leadership and mentoring
- Act as the technical face of the platform, engaging with stakeholders and supporting customer queries
- Partner with the Platform Owner to support work estimation, prioritisation, and stakeholder management
- Contribute to and influence strategic platform direction, including architecture and tooling decisions
- Play a key role in evolving the platform toward a multi‑cloud capability
- Engineer solutions using automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Python, Helm, Flux, Tekton)
- Oversee and optimise a fleet of Kubernetes clusters from a centralised platform
- Ensure adherence to security, risk, and operational standards (networking, logging, monitoring, resilience, etc.)
- Support and enhance CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines
- Drive platform reliability, including upgrades, patching, and non‑functional testing
- Maintain high‑quality documentation and promote best practices across engineering teams
- Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rota
What You’ll Need
- Strong, hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native platform engineering
- Proven experience in a technical leadership or lead engineer role
- Experience building and scaling Kubernetes platforms (ideally GKE, but other cloud experience considered)
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation (e.g. Terraform, Python)
- Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, and modern DevOps practices
- Experience with Kubernetes tooling (Helm, Kustomize, kpt)
- Programming experience in Python or Go
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Ability to evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies
Nice to Have
- Google Cloud certifications (ideally Professional level)
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA / CKAD / CKS)
- Experience with GitOps tools (FluxCD, ArgoCD)
- Experience implementing multi‑cloud platforms
- Strong observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring)
- Experience working in regulated environments (e.g. Financial Services)
Why Apply?
- Opportunity to lead a critical Kubernetes platform within a large enterprise environment
- Influence technical strategy and platform direction
- Work with modern cloud‑native tooling and practices
- Be part of a collaborative, forward‑thinking engineering culture
- Hybrid working with flexibility across multiple UK locations
Location: Hybrid
Duration: Initial contract until end of the year
Client: Consulting firm supporting a major Financial Services organisation
Overview
We’re looking for an experienced Kubernetes Platform Tech Lead to play a key role in shaping and evolving a highly resilient, scalable, and developer‑friendly Kubernetes platform on Google Cloud.
This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll guide a team of engineers, influence platform strategy, and act as the technical authority for a modern cloud‑native platform. You’ll work closely with platform ownership, DevOps teams, and wider stakeholders to deliver a best‑in‑class Kubernetes offering, while helping drive the organisation’s journey toward a multi‑cloud platform strategy.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the design, build, and evolution of a GKE‑based Kubernetes platform, enabling seamless application deployment
- Guide and support engineers through complex technical challenges, providing hands‑on leadership and mentoring
- Act as the technical face of the platform, engaging with stakeholders and supporting customer queries
- Partner with the Platform Owner to support work estimation, prioritisation, and stakeholder management
- Contribute to and influence strategic platform direction, including architecture and tooling decisions
- Play a key role in evolving the platform toward a multi‑cloud capability
- Engineer solutions using automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Python, Helm, Flux, Tekton)
- Oversee and optimise a fleet of Kubernetes clusters from a centralised platform
- Ensure adherence to security, risk, and operational standards (networking, logging, monitoring, resilience, etc.)
- Support and enhance CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines
- Drive platform reliability, including upgrades, patching, and non‑functional testing
- Maintain high‑quality documentation and promote best practices across engineering teams
- Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rota
What You’ll Need
- Strong, hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native platform engineering
- Proven experience in a technical leadership or lead engineer role
- Experience building and scaling Kubernetes platforms (ideally GKE, but other cloud experience considered)
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation (e.g. Terraform, Python)
- Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, and modern DevOps practices
- Experience with Kubernetes tooling (Helm, Kustomize, kpt)
- Programming experience in Python or Go
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Ability to evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies
Nice to Have
- Google Cloud certifications (ideally Professional level)
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA / CKAD / CKS)
- Experience with GitOps tools (FluxCD, ArgoCD)
- Experience implementing multi‑cloud platforms
- Strong observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring)
- Experience working in regulated environments (e.g. Financial Services)
Why Apply?
- Opportunity to lead a critical Kubernetes platform within a large enterprise environment
- Influence technical strategy and platform direction
- Work with modern cloud‑native tooling and practices
- Be part of a collaborative, forward‑thinking engineering culture
- Hybrid working with flexibility across multiple UK locations
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