Platform Engineer

About the role

Akuna Capital is seeking a Platform Engineer to own and drive cloud and infrastructure projects across trading, development, and operations teams. You will help improve efficiency, scalability, and security of our hybrid‑cloud environment.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Manage and scale Kubernetes (EKS and on‑premise), Spark, Kafka, and large‑scale distributed databases.
• Automate infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitLab.
• Evaluate solution architectures, provide recommendations, and improve cloud governance and security.
• Monitor hybrid‑cloud environments, detect errors, and ensure high performance and reliability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in platform, cloud, SRE, or DevOps roles.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, operations, and business teams.

Required skills

• AWS (Solutions Architect certification preferred), Azure, Google Cloud.
• Kubernetes (EKS and on‑premise), Spark, Kafka.
• Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab.
• Python, Bash scripting.
• Linux systems administration.
• Cloud data services: Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB.