Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer in Bristol

About Intermedia

Are you looking for a company where your voice is heard? Where you can make a difference? Do you thrive in a fast‑paced work environment? Do you wake every morning excited to work with great people and create success together? Then Intermedia is the place for you.

Intermedia has established itself as a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration tech that allows companies to connect better. We have a strong track record of growth, profitability, and creating an environment where everyone matters. Everyone. While we are fast‑paced and admittedly a bit intense, we promise that you won’t be bored. You will find Intermedia is a place where you can indulge your passion for creating and supporting great cloud technology. What’s more, we always look to promote from within and have many employees who have been with us 10, 15, and 20+ years!

Culture at Intermedia is built on teamwork and transparency. We hold each other accountable and always have each other’s back!

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, operate, and evolve Kubernetes clusters:

• On‑premises (VM‑based)
• Public cloud Kubernetes (AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS, Oracle OKE)

• Provisioning, upgrades, patching, and decommissioning

• Terraform modules
• Cluster bootstrap and configuration automation

• Standard cluster and namespace patterns
• Approved ingress, secrets, and observability integrations

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

• Strong hands‑on experience operating production Kubernetes environments
• Experience with on‑premises, VM‑based infrastructure
• Solid understanding of:

• Kubernetes internals
• Linux systems and networking

Desired / Nice‑to‑Have Skills:

• Experience with multiple managed Kubernetes services (EKS, GKE, AKS, OKE)
• Experience running Kubernetes on‑prem (bare metal or VM‑based)
• Exposure to:

• Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, logging systems, Open Telemetry)
• Ingress and traffic management
• Secrets and certificate management
• Prior experience integrating infrastructure platforms into an Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
• Understanding of SRE concepts (SLOs, error budgets, incident response)

Soft Skills:

• Ownership mindset: accountable for platform outcomes
• Generalist approach: comfortable across infrastructure, Kubernetes, and operations
• Strong problem solver: able to handle ambiguous and complex issues
• Clear communicator: explains technical topics effectively
• Collaborative: works well across teams and shares responsibility
• Calm under pressure: effective during incidents and outages
• Documentation‑driven: values clarity and knowledge sharing

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity:

We hire, promote, and compensate employees based on their ability to perform their job responsibilities, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable law (collectively referred to in our Code of Conduct as “Protected Classes”). We do not tolerate employment discrimination in the workplace, and we are committed to making reasonable accommodations for identified disabilities or other limitations as required by all applicable laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.