About the role

Elastic is hiring a Platform Engineer to develop and maintain its application hosting infrastructure on Kubernetes in GCP. You will play a critical role in the core application infrastructure that supports business operations, as part of a small, focused team that prioritizes automation and security while engineering a robust platform for hosting internal applications. The position offers the chance to work with the latest technologies in an AI-forward environment on impactful projects.

Responsibilities

Design scalable infrastructure solutions for core applications, implement infrastructure as code practices, monitor system performance, optimize resources, integrate cloud services, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues.
Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle, and design scalable build systems so applications ship quickly and proficiently.
Ensure compliance with security regulations and best practices, and collaborate with Infosec and other engineering teams on incident response and CVE remediation.
Gather requirements for platform improvements from cross-functional teams, provide technical support and guidance to internal platform users, and run knowledge sharing sessions.
Analyze cloud spending patterns for cost optimization, implement financial governance policies, and regularly assess application usage to eliminate unused resources.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
5+ years with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Crossplane.
5+ years with cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate or equivalent certification.
Knowledge of service mesh architectures such as Istio or Linkerd.
Hands-on experience with cloud security practices and tools, plus cost management tools for cloud infrastructure.
A record of leading cross-functional initiatives that improved platform usability and performance based on user feedback.
Experience with Elasticsearch is a plus.

Skills

DevOps / SRE Kubernetes GCP Terraform CI/CD Cloud Security Platform Engineer

How to apply

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