Optomi, in partnership with a premier financial client, is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer with deep Azure and Kubernetes expertise to support the design, development, and optimization of cloud-native applications within a highly regulated financial environment. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in modern microservices ecosystems and is passionate about building scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions.
What the right candidate will enjoy:
- Working with cutting-edge Azure services and DevOps tooling, with the freedom to influence architecture, automation strategy, and platform best practices.
- Solving complex, large-scale engineering challenges within a stable organization that invests heavily in cloud modernization and long-term technical growth.
- Working with cutting-edge Azure services and DevOps tooling, with the freedom to influence architecture, automation strategy, and platform best practices.
Requirements and Skills of the right candidate:
- 7–10 years working in enterprise IT engineering environments.
- 5–7 years of cloud development or operational support across major cloud platforms (Azure required; AWS/GCP a plus).
- Expert-level Kubernetes experience, including hands-on AKS management.
- Strong experience with Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, and Azure-native tooling.
- Solid understanding of microservices design principles and containerized application development.
- Firm grasp of networking fundamentals (protocols, load balancers, ingress, firewalls, DNS, VNETs).
- 2–3 years of experience in the consumer banking or financial services industry preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Azure cloud solutions, utilizing AKS, App Service, and Function App Service within a microservices ecosystem.
- Implement, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters, ensuring scalability, security, observability, and high availability.
- Collaborate across development, DevOps, infrastructure, and architecture teams to deliver cloud-native applications and integrate them seamlessly with existing enterprise systems.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, enabling automated deployments, quality gates, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Apply strong networking fundamentals to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud networking components (VNETs, ingress, DNS, load balancing, service mesh, etc.).
- Develop and enhance microservices, focusing on performance tuning, reliability improvements, and maintainability.
- Participate in production support, debugging complex systems using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and distributed tracing.
- Contribute to automation, best practices, and cloud governance standards across engineering teams.
