Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – Identity and Access Management
Summary
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer designs, automates, and operates cloud-native Identity and Access Management infrastructure using GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform for a global financial services organization.
Unleash the Future of Identity & Access Management — Engineer Scalable, Secure Cloud Platforms!
Krakow-based opportunity with hybrid work model (up to 4 remote days per week).
As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer specializing in Identity and Access Management, you will be working for a globally recognized financial services organization committed to redefining enterprise security and operational resilience. You will play a pivotal role in designing, automating, and operating sophisticated cloud-native IAM infrastructures that empower teams to innovate securely and efficiently. This is your chance to impact large-scale transformation initiatives and shape the future of identity platforms.
Your main responsibilities:
- Build and maintain cloud-native platform services supporting enterprise IAM projects.
- Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters and supporting platform components.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent) to enable automated, repeatable deployments.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows for streamlined delivery.
- Administer cloud networking, connectivity, and platform security measures.
- Ensure platform observability through logging, monitoring, metrics, and distributed tracing.
- Automate platform provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks to ensure reliability.
- Support deployment and operation of identity platform components and supporting services.
- Manage secrets, certificates, and implement secure service mesh configurations.
- Enhance platform resilience via backup, disaster recovery, and high availability best practices.
- Maintain compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards.
- Optimize performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency of the platform.
- Develop operational tools, scripts, and self-service capabilities to facilitate team workflows.
- Collaborate across Security, Architecture, and Engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
- Contribute to operational documentation, runbooks, and environment management strategies.
- Drive continuous platform improvements through automation and best practices.
You’re ideal for this role if you have:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Cloud Platform Engineering, with strong knowledge of GCP.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration and platform management.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices.
- Expertise in Linux administration, networking, load balancing, and cloud security.
- Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/Envoy), Secrets Management, PKI, and certificate lifecycle automation.
- Familiarity with observability tools—logging, monitoring, distributed tracing.
- Scripting skills for automation (e.g., Python, Bash).
- Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, performance management, and capacity planning.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a positive, can-do attitude in complex organizational environments.
It is a strong plus if you have:
- Certifications in GCP, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
- Experience with enterprise security compliance frameworks.
- Background in large-scale identity and access management projects.
Language Required for the role:
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.
Eligibility to work in:
- Only candidates with a legal right to work in Europe will be considered for this role.
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