Senior Cloud Native Consultant
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Job description
Cloud Native Consultant at a London-headquartered consultancy, performing a mix of client consulting, internal labs projects, and open-source contributions. The role involves representing ControlPlane's technical and cultural values while helping customers adopt and secure cloud-native technology.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Perform a mix of client consulting, working on internal labs projects, and contributing to Open Source projects on ControlPlane's behalf
- Represent the technical and cultural values of ControlPlane, leading customers by example in the complex and fast-changing world of cloud native technology
- May be involved in pre-sales or business development activities to support the ongoing growth of the organisation
- Work with clients and the team to deliver projects and help establish ControlPlane as a world-class technical thought leader
What we're looking for
- Experience and a deep understanding of Kubernetes using GKE, EKS or OpenShift
- Experience with one or more cloud providers and Infrastructure as Code tools and practices
- Experience with GitOps tooling such as FluxCD or ArgoCD
- Development experience with Golang, Python, or Java
- Understanding of CI/CD best practices and a range of build tools
- Cloud security awareness and a desire to build hardened systems
- Customer facing/Consulting experience
Nice to have
- Experience with SPIFFE/SPIRE
- Experience with Hashicorp Vault/OpenBao
- Experience with Zero Trust Architectures, tools and practices
Your team
Engineering team
Benefits
An individual training budget for personal development, including conferences, training (books, courses, coaching, internal training), and qualifications
- Generous and competitive salary + Bonus
- 33 days of paid holiday, including paid leave for the standard 8 UK Bank Holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Private Medical and Dental Insurance
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About ControlPlane Limited
Cloud-native, Kubernetes, and open-source security solutions consultancy
ControlPlane is a London-headquartered consultancy specialising in cloud-native, Kubernetes, and open-source security solutions. Our expertise lies in helping organisations adopt and secure complex cloud infrastructures by implementing security measures that are "secure-by-design" and "secure-by-default." This engineering excellence drives ControlPlane deep into cybersecurity, providing services like zero-trust architectures, threat modeling, supply chain security, and platform engineering. We are acclaimed for our work in highly regulated industries, such as finance, healthcare, and national infrastructure. We help clients consume next-generation and open-source projects safely and securely
Key facts
- Consulting
- Specialises in cloud-native, Kubernetes, and open-source security solutions
- Works with highly regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and national infrastructure
- Active contributors to the open-source community supporting projects like Flux CD, OpenBao, and FINOS AI Readiness
What they value
- Quietly confident
- Good work ethic
- Keenness to learn
- Emotional maturity and respect
- "we" is more than "me"
- Embrace human diversity of all kinds