Senior Platform Engineer - Platform Metal | Ireland | Remote

Grafana Labs
Ireland
Workplace: RemoteFull timeEUR 104,000 - 124,800 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Consensus decision-making","Holistic problem-solving","Learning mindset"]

Build and operate the Foundations “Metal” platform that provisions resources on physical hardware and delivers Kubernetes control planes and supporting infrastructure outside public cloud. Own bare-metal to Kubernetes lifecycle, cluster networking components, scheduling and autoscaling, and on-call operations. Collaborate with Grafana Cloud application teams to invest in the right capabilities, using Go/Python/Shell plus Terraform and Crossplane for CSP and Kubernetes resource management.

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Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs
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Senior Platform Engineer - Platform Metal | Ireland | Remote

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Job Summary

Build and operate the Foundations “Metal” platform that provisions resources on physical hardware and delivers Kubernetes control planes and supporting infrastructure outside public cloud. Own bare-metal to Kubernetes lifecycle, cluster networking components, scheduling and autoscaling, and on-call operations. Collaborate with Grafana Cloud application teams to invest in the right capabilities, using Go/Python/Shell plus Terraform and Crossplane for CSP and Kubernetes resource management.
Location: Ireland
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage the physical “Metal” environment from bare metal to Kubernetes.
  • •Operate cluster networking components including load balancing, NAT, DNS, CNIs, cross-cluster communication, and routing protocols.
  • •Manage Kubernetes scheduling and autoscaling.
  • •Maintain Crossplane compositions and Terraform modules for CSP resources, including versioning and compatibility.
  • •Work with Grafana Cloud application teams to understand needs and prioritize platform capabilities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 104,000 - 124,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RsusRemote WorkPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Manage physical bare-metal environments and provision Kubernetes clusters in new environments, outside public cloud.
  • •Provide and maintain platform networking components (load balancing, NAT, DNS, CNIs, cross-cluster communication, routing protocols).
  • •Maintain scheduling and autoscaling for Kubernetes workloads.
  • •Maintain Crossplane compositions and Terraform modules, including versioning and compatibility across Crossplane/Terraform and providers.
  • •Have datacenter experience and participate in an on-call rotation.
Experience:Open sourceKubernetesCloudObservabilityDistributed systems
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationConsensus decision-makingHolistic problem-solvingLearning mindset
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoPythonShellKubernetesTerraformCrossplaneAWSGCPAzureEKSGKEAKSCluster-APITinkerbellTalosCephTankaJsonnetKarpenter

Company Brief

Grafana Labs
Develops open-source and commercial observability tools, including Grafana for metrics visualization, Loki for log aggregation, and Tempo for tracing, enabling organizations to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance and telemetry data.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2014
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