Lead Platform Engineer

We're looking for a capable Lead Platform Engineer to join our organization. This role sits at the heart of architecting and automating cloud-native platforms built for disaster recovery. The person in this position will stand up and manage secure "green" recovery environments, drawing on tools like GKE, Vault, Terraform, and various CI/CD systems. The role guarantees that core platform functions—spanning container orchestration, secrets handling, identity-related dependencies, and automated backup-restore processes—remain scalable, consistent, and robust. Close coordination with identity, network, and database teams will be essential to support cross-organizational restores, recovery of foundational tooling, image factory pipelines, and automated setup of core infrastructure Responsibilities Architect and automate recovery platforms built on GKE, along with image factories and the CI/CD pipelines supporting them, using tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, and Vault Set up secure secrets management practices and identity integrations for systems dependent on AD, including Jenkins and Vault Assist with cross-organizational database recovery efforts, covering Cloud SQL restore processes and backup verification Construct foundational automation supporting dynamic greenfield environments, including provisioning domains and sanitizing credentials Work together on recovery architecture design, failover planning, and patterns for isolating environments Requirements At least 3 years of applicable experience working as a Platform Engineer A minimum of one year spent leading or managing development teams Practical, hands-on background working with Google Cloud Platform Solid expertise across GKE/Kubernetes, Terraform, and Vault Background automating CI/CD processes using Jenkins Strong grasp of cloud platform recovery concepts, identity-related dependencies, and secure infrastructure architecture Upper-Intermediate English language competency (B2) Nice to have Background working with Cloud SQL restore processes Knowledge of Ping Identity Experience handling cross-cloud recovery situations Exposure to air-gapped build pipeline setups