At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. The Kubernetes Infrastructure Reliability Engineer is a highly skilled expert responsible for solving complex business problems using advanced cloud native technologies. The engineer will build and maintain a Kubernetes-based infrastructure, enabling the modernization of business applications and processes. This role combines software and systems engineering to optimize systems, increase efficiency, and eliminate operational work through automation. You will be part of the integral CaaS infrastructure team at a leading healthcare company, working with members across different regions. The team's mandate is to deliver, maintain, and continuously improve a highly available Kubernetes platform across hybrid cloud deployments, including on-premise data centers and public clouds like AWS. In this role, you will apply software engineering principles to operations to build and run massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems, focusing heavily on automation, security, and observability.




Focus on capacity planning and launch reviews for services before they go live. Resolves complex problems in a global Kubernetes-based infrastructure through in-depth evaluation of variable factors, including inter-organizational impact, balanced with effective consultative engagement of key stakeholders. Represents the organization as a prime contact on initiatives and interacts with senior internal and external personnel. Uses deep knowledge to influence IT infrastructure vendor product evaluations and collaborates with multiple IT partners (e.g. Mentors and shares DevOps culture, guiding developers on how to create and deploy cloud‑native applications.
Provides technical leadership and direction for small‑to‑medium sized initiatives (projects, lifecycle work, PoCs). Ensures solutions comply with Quality/Regulatory standards and that designs adhere to the organization’s Technical Architecture Framework (TAF)

📌 Kubernetes Infrastructure Reliability Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 F. Hoffmann-La Roche
📍 Madrid