Freelance Platform Engineer - Large Transformation Project - Long Term
We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to build, operate, and continuously improve our core platform infrastructure. The role has a strong focus on observability, monitoring, and incident response, ensuring platform reliability and performance at scale. You will work closely with DevOps, SRE, and development teams to provide a stable, automated, and well-observed Kubernetes-based platform.
Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes-based platforms supporting multiple applications and services.
* Manage and optimise Linux-based infrastructure in cloud and/or on-prem environments.
* Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, or similar.
* Ensure platform scalability, availability, and performance.
* Design and operate observability solutions covering metrics, logs, and traces.
* Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Elastic, OpenTelemetry).
* Lead or support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
* Implement reliability improvements based on incident learnings.
* Develop automation and tooling to reduce manual operational work.
* Apply engineering best practices to platform development and operations.
* Contribute code in Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
Additional Details:
* START DATE: ASAP
* DURATION: Long term
* CONTRACT: Freelance
* ONSITE POLICY: Liege
* HOURS PER WEEK: Full time
* LANGUAGES: English only
* INTERVIEW PROCESS: One stage
If you are interested or know anyone who could be a good fit please send your CV to matthew@Kodastaff.com