Valcon
Principal Infrastructure / DevOps / Platform Operations Engineer
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About Valcon
At Valcon, we are a European powerhouse in data & AI-driven business transformation. We combine deep expertise in data and AI with our heritage in operational excellence, failsafe delivery, and organizational change. Trusted partner to Europe’s leading organizations, we don’t just advise – we implement and deliver sustainable business transformation.
Backed by private equity, Valcon has brought together leading firms to form one of Europe’s fastest-growing consultancies. In the UK, we’re scaling quickly, while maintaining a collaborative, hands-on, and down-to-earth culture.
Principal Infrastructure / DevOps / Platform Operations Engineer
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Principal Infrastructure / DevOps / Platform Operations Engineer to lead the design, automation, and operation of modern cloud infrastructure and container platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes platform engineering, and operational excellence.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining Terraform-based infrastructure, managing enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, and driving engineering best practices across platform operations and automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code best practices.
- Build, automate, and manage cloud-native infrastructure supporting Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms.
- Ensure platform reliability, scalability, security, and resilience.
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational tooling.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues across development, test, and production environments.
- Collaborate closely with development teams to improve application deployment, observability, and operational processes.
- Drive DevOps practices, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams.
- Contribute to infrastructure architecture and technology strategy.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive experience in AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience developing Terraform infrastructure and reusable modules.
- Strong understanding of Linux systems administration.
- Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
- Experience with container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong knowledge of networking, DNS, load balancing, ingress controllers, certificates, and security.
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Splunk).
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across the OSI Model Layers
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Desirable Skills
- Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) Hosted Control Planes (HCP) and IBM Cloud Pak for Data
- Good programming skills in one or more languages such as Go, Python, Java, or Bash.
- Understanding and practical experience of Extreme Programming (XP) practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD).
- Experience working in highly regulated or enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated implementation of security, compliance, and infrastructure governance.
What You'll Bring
- A track record of designing and operating reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native platform engineering.
- A strong operational mindset with a focus on resilience, observability, and automation.
- The ability to influence technical direction while remaining hands-on with implementation
This role is ideal for a Principal engineer who thrives in modern cloud environments and enjoys building highly automated, resilient platforms using Terraform. Experience with Red Hat ROSA HCP and a software engineering mindset, including programming and XP/TDD practices, will be highly advantageous.
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