Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Darktrace
Cambridge
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Interpersonal skills","English","Teamwork"]

Join the Platform Team to design, build, and maintain the foundational Kubernetes-based infrastructure, tooling, and automation that product teams rely on. This hybrid, hands-on role focuses on running and evolving our Kubernetes platform at scale, accelerating software delivery through tooling, and embedding security into platform design.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Darktrace
Darktrace
6 months ago

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 22 days agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Join the Platform Team to design, build, and maintain the foundational Kubernetes-based infrastructure, tooling, and automation that product teams rely on. This hybrid, hands-on role focuses on running and evolving our Kubernetes platform at scale, accelerating software delivery through tooling, and embedding security into platform design.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Running and evolving Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments to ensure reliable deployment at scale
  • •Collaborating with development teams to ensure infrastructure meets requirements and promotes scalable, cloud-native practices
  • •Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery
  • •Driving infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform or CloudFormation
  • •Embedding security into platform design and coaching teams on best practices

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsurancePensionCycle To

Key Requirements

  • •Strong Kubernetes experience with at least two years operating, troubleshooting, and scaling clusters in production; comfortable with networking, storage, RBAC, and workload scheduling
  • •Familiarity with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation and Infrastructure as Code methodologies
  • •Solid understanding of networking and security principles and the ability to solve problems and analyze patterns in behavior and logs
  • •Experience with continuous integration systems such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins
  • •Strong communication skills and fluency in English (written and verbal)
Experience:CloudKubernetesPlatform engineeringCI/CDIaC
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingInterpersonal skillsEnglishTeamwork
Languages:English
Tech Stack:KubernetesTerraformCloudFormationGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryService meshGitOpsPythonGoBash

Company Brief

Darktrace
Develops AI-driven cybersecurity solutions that detect, respond to, and neutralize cyber threats across cloud, email, network, and endpoint environments using machine learning and anomaly detection to protect enterprises globally.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Founded: 2013
WebsiteLinkedIn