Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer (AWS/Azure)

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For our client in Bern, we are looking for an experienced, motivated and open-minded Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer (AWS/Azure).

Our client is a leading organization with a modern cloud-native technology landscape. To strengthen their platform engineering team, they are looking for an experienced Kubernetes professional who is passionate about building, operating, and evolving enterprise-scale container platforms. In this role, you will play a key part in enabling development teams to efficiently deploy and run applications while driving automation, security, and operational excellence.

Your Tasks:

• Engineer, operate, and continuously improve shared Kubernetes platforms based on Amazon EKS and Microsoft AKS
• Enable application teams to successfully deploy, operate, and scale their workloads on the platform
• Maintain and enhance a portfolio of platform add-ons and supporting services
• Gather, evaluate, and implement customer and stakeholder feature requests
• Drive automation initiatives following a GitOps-first approach
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Contribute to platform security hardening and security best practices
• Support audits, compliance requirements, and governance initiatives
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to advance a modern cloud-native platform ecosystem

Your Profile:

• Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes in large-scale enterprise environments
• Strong experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Solid knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automation technologies such as YAML and ideally Golang
• Strong understanding of GitOps principles and experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions
• Experience with Helm and/or Kustomize
• Familiarity with cloud-native tools such as Argo CD, Kyverno, Karpenter, Cilium, Grafana, and related ecosystem technologies
• Structured, independent, and delivery-oriented way of working
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset
• Fluency in English and/or German
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation