We're looking for a Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (AWS & Azure) to join our team in Malaga, Spain in a hybrid working mode. In 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.
Responsibilities

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

Requirements

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-sc

📌 Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (Málaga)
🏢 Epam Systems
📍 Málaga