Cloud Operations Engineer – Linux, Kubernetes

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee production and SaaS environments, respond to alerts, and proactively investigate potential issues.

• Diagnose problems related to Linux, Kubernetes, applications, and cloud infrastructure using logs, metrics, events, and diagnostic tools.

• Examine failed or restarting workloads, deployment failures, resource limitations, configuration issues, and service connectivity problems.

• Carry out application and platform deployments using established processes and tools.

• Initiate, monitor, and troubleshoot software builds and CI/CD release workflows.

• Conduct approved remediation and rollback procedures, ensuring service health following changes.

• Take ownership of operational requests until resolution or a clear, accepted handoff.

• Coordinate incident response, involve relevant engineers, and communicate service impact and investigation updates.

• Escalate complex issues with detailed findings and supporting evidence.

• Write and maintain Bash scripts to automate repetitive operational tasks.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and operational documentation.

• Participate in incident reviews and assist in addressing recurring issues.

• Enhance monitoring, alerting, deployment reliability, and operational efficiency.

• Ensure smooth handoffs between regional shifts and engage in scheduled coverage and on-call responsibilities.

• Broaden technical ownership across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant hands-on experience, typically 5–7+ years, in cloud operations, platform operations, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a similar technical role.

• Proven experience supporting live production environments and independently investigating operational issues.

• Strong skills in Linux administration and troubleshooting.

• Practical experience operating and troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads in production environments.

• Proficient in Bash scripting.

• Experience with Git and managing CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and release workflows.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or comparable tools.

• Working knowledge of DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, ports, and connectivity troubleshooting.

• Experience responding to production incidents and adhering to controlled change procedures.

• Must possess the right to work in the United Kingdom.

• No specific degree or professional certification is required.

• Ability to participate in scheduled European operational coverage and an on-call rotation.

• Willingness to complete a practical technical assessment covering Linux troubleshooting, Kubernetes operations, Bash scripting, and production incident scenarios.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position.

• Opportunities for career development in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability engineering.

• Progression as an individual contributor with increasing technical scope and responsibility.

• Compensation or time-off arrangements related to on-call coverage to be discussed during the interview process.