In this role you will build, operate and standardize a Kubernetes platform across on-premises and cloud environments to empower development teams. You'll work with the Infra Engineering team to deliver a scalable, secure platform and drive automation and upskilling of stakeholders. You'll collaborate with Core Cloud and IT Ops to ensure alignment and visibility across countries.

This is a critical, strategic role focused on platform governance, reliability and ongoing improvement. ~ Hybrid model: work from home and Madrid office ~ Lunch provided at office canteen ~ Dynamic and vibrant office environment ~ Learning and training programs ~ International stakeholder projects ~ Guide Kubernetes platform implementations (on-prem RKE2/VMware and cloud EKS/AKS) and best practices ~ Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and plan platform initiatives ~ Design and administer multi-environment Kubernetes clusters (RKE2, EKS, AKS) and plan migrations ~ Define platform roadmaps, timelines and resource needs, manage scope and risks ~ Establish governance and security policies (RBAC, network policies, image scanning, hardening)



~ Facilitate stakeholder communication and regular status updates ~ Monitor and optimize resource usage for project efficiency ~ Document lessons learned and best practices to improve future initiatives ~ Define target architecture with Platform Tech Leads and support interconnectivity ~ Promote IaC/GitOps for automation and scalability ~ Contribute to cloud-native deployment patterns and workload migration strategies ~ Enhance observability with OpenTelemetry and related tooling ~ Review and improve platform governance with integral architecture team ~ Support enterprise-wide transformation with VMware and cloud specialists ~ Champion DevOps culture and mentor platform operations team members ~5+ years of Kubernetes production experience (on-prem and cloud) ~ Hands-on administration of RKE2 on VMware vSphere (node lifecycle, etcd, CNI, storage classes) ~ Experience with AWS EKS and Azure AKS (cluster provisioning, IAM/RBAC, upgrades) ~ Knowledge of VMware vSphere/vCenter as underlying infra ~ IaC and GitOps tooling experience (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, ArgoCD or Flux) ~ Secrets management and vaulting (e.g., CyberArk Conjur) ~ On-call availability for platform support ~ Container networking and security knowledge (CNI, Ingress, service mesh, network policies) and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) ~ Scripting (Bash, Python, Go) ~ Familiar with AI tooling concepts for self-service automation ~ Certifications: CKA, VMware VCP-DCV, AWS or Azure Admin/Solutions Expert ~ Experience with Scrum/Agile/Kanban ~ Knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures (plus) ~ Self-motivation and leadership ~ Clear communication and stakeholder management ~ Collaborative and adaptable to cross-functional teams ~ Rancher multi-cluster management

📌 Hybrid IT Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Verisure
📍 Madrid