Cloud Operations Engineer – Linux, Kubernetes

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⛑ DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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RAPIDFORT

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

RAPIDFORT is a software supply chain security company that delivers a SaaS platform to secure containerized applications from build-time through runtime. It provides curated near-zero‑CVE base images, CI/CD image scanning and execution profiling (SBOM/RBOM), automated CVE remediation, runtime hardening and attack-surface reduction, and compliance automation for standards like FedRAMP, SOC 2 and CMMC. The platform is aimed at enterprise engineering and security teams to automate vulnerability remediation, accelerate secure releases, and maintain continuous protection in production.

📋 Description

• Monitor production and SaaS environments, respond to alerts, and proactively investigate potential issues • Troubleshoot Linux, Kubernetes, application, and cloud infrastructure problems using logs, metrics, events, and diagnostic tools • Investigate failed or restarting workloads, deployment failures, resource constraints, configuration problems, and service connectivity issues • Execute application and platform deployments using established processes and tooling • Trigger, monitor, and troubleshoot software builds and CI/CD release workflows • Perform approved remediation and rollback procedures, validating service health after changes • Own operational requests through resolution or a clear, accepted handoff • Coordinate incident response, engage relevant engineers, and communicate service impact and investigation progress • Escalate complex issues with clear findings and supporting evidence • Write and maintain Bash scripts to automate recurring operational tasks • Create, maintain, and improve runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and operational documentation • Participate in incident reviews and help address recurring problems • Improve monitoring, alerting, deployment reliability, and operational efficiency • Provide clear handoffs between regional shifts and participate in scheduled coverage and on-call responsibilities • Expand technical ownership across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability engineering

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant hands-on experience, typically 5–7+ years, in cloud operations, platform operations, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a comparable technical role • Experience supporting live production environments and independently investigating operational issues • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills • Hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads in production • Practical Bash scripting experience • Experience using Git and working with CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and release workflows • Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP • Experience using monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent tools • Working knowledge of DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, ports, and connectivity troubleshooting • Experience responding to production incidents and following controlled change procedures • Must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom • No specific degree or professional certification is required • Ability to participate in scheduled European operational coverage and an on-call rotation • Willingness to complete a practical technical assessment covering Linux troubleshooting, Kubernetes operations, Bash scripting, and production incident scenarios

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote position • Career development opportunities across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability engineering • Individual contributor progression with increasing technical scope and responsibility • Applicable compensation or time-off arrangements for on-call coverage to be discussed during the interview process

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