Platform Engineer

📋 Description Design the Linux VM fabric underpinning the platform from the ground up: hypervisor architecture Operate and maintain the hypervisor layer across multiple physical hosts, including host patching Design and maintain a distributed shared storage system such as Ceph, or an alternative Design and maintain VM templating and golden-image pipelines so Kubernetes nodes are provisioned Automate the VM lifecycle end-to-end — provisioning, scaling, patching, decommissioning — via Manage compute, memory, and storage capacity planning across the fabric, including host-level 🎯 Requirements Solid production experience running Kubernetes in a self-managed, on-premises context (not just Hands-on experience designing and operating a Linux KVM/libvirt-based VM fabric as the foundation Strong Linux systems administration background (networking, storage, service management, kernel Practical, in-depth knowledge of Kubernetes networking (CNI internals, service meshes a plus) and Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible, Packer) Experience with GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines 🎁 Benefits Flexible leave and hybrid working policies Private health and dental insurance Generous pension scheme Free access to the Mako gym Employee wellbeing guidance and support Opportunity to become involved in the rewarding work of the Mako Foundation