Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (AWS & Azure)
Job Summary
Were looking for a Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (AWS & Azure) to join our team in Malaga Spain in a hybrid working this role you will design deploy and operate multi-cloud Kubernetes infrastructure across AWS and Azure leveraging GitOps principles and infrastructure-as-code to enable scalable reliable and secure platform operations.
This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge Kubernetes ecosystems enhance automation for mission-critical workloads and collaborate closely with engineering teams to optimize application delivery within a modern cloud-native environment.
- Design implement and maintain production Kubernetes clusters on EKS (AWS) and AKS (Azure) across multiple environments and regions
- Configure and operate GitOps workflows with ArgoCD enabling declarative application delivery and cluster configuration
- Develop and manage Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform for cloud resources and Helm/Helmfile for Kubernetes deployments
- Ensure observability and reliability with Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch and implement monitoring/alerting strategies
- Apply security best practices including network policies RBAC pod security controls and secret management solutions
- Operate and optimize Kubernetes add-ons such as Argo Workflows Argo Rollouts cert-manager CSI drivers and cluster autoscalers
- Diagnose and resolve distributed systems issues in compute networking and storage layers
- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment models scalability and resource utilization
- Ensure clear documentation of architectures operational workflows and incident handling standards
- 7 years of professional engineering experience with modern cloud-native architectures
- Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) including EKS AKS VPC/VNet IAM EBS/EFS S3 Load Balancers and Route53
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture networking storage and security principles with production-scale management experience
- Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code workflows: Terraform (module development state handling) and Helm/Helmfile
- Practical knowledge of GitOps tools (ArgoCD or Flux) and declarative infrastructure deployment
- Experience implementing security policies secrets management and compliance automation
- Advanced skill in observability tooling (Prometheus Grafana) and log management via CloudWatch or ELK/EFK
- Scripting proficiency in Bash Python or Go for automation and system tooling
- Strong knowledge of containerization and image lifecycle using Docker ECR or ACR
- Clear communication skills and ability to document complex systems effectively
- Familiarity with policy-as-code frameworks (Kyverno OPA/Gatekeeper)
- Experience with AWS PrivateLink VPC peering and hybrid/multi-cloud networking
- Understanding of service mesh patterns ingress controllers and DNS management
- Exposure to performance tuning and capacity planning for Kubernetes environments
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