Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer & Technical Lead

About the role

Viseca is looking for a hands-on Kubernetes Platform Engineer with technical leadership responsibilities. You will own the design, operation and continuous improvement of an enterprise Kubernetes platform supporting mission-critical financial services in a PCI DSS-regulated environment. The role combines deep technical expertise with leading colleagues, and is available immediately or by mutual agreement.

Key responsibilities

• Design, operate and evolve Rancher-managed RKE2 clusters, including provisioning, upgrades, capacity planning, troubleshooting and lifecycle management.
• Automate infrastructure and application delivery with Terraform, Helm, Argo CD and GitOps practices.
• Build and improve observability using Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Loki, Tempo and OpenTelemetry.
• Lead response to complex production incidents across Kubernetes, Linux and storage, focusing on root-cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance and mentoring to colleagues.

Required profile

• Several years of hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production, ideally RKE2 and Rancher or a comparable enterprise distribution.
• Experience in a regulated environment, or willingness and discipline to work in one.
• Fluent English; German and Italian are a plus.

Required skills

• SRE principles and strong GitOps and infrastructure-as-code skills (Terraform, Helm, Argo CD).
• Solid Linux, networking and storage troubleshooting skills.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes security and modern observability.

What we offer

• A dynamic and creative environment with good development opportunities.
• An open culture with extensive decision-making power for employees.
• Home office possibility and attractive employment conditions.