Senior Cloud/Platform Engineer

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  "name": "Senior Cloud/Platform Engineer",
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  "createdAt": "2026-03-21T10:55:38+00:00",
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    {
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      "value": "<p>The <strong>Senior Cloud / Platform Engineer</strong> at Astrafy is a technical leader who bridges the gap between complex infrastructure and developer productivity. They move beyond simple resource provisioning to design robust, secure, and scalable cloud ecosystems, ensuring long-term maintainability and operational elegance at an architectural level. Their deep experience allows them to foresee infrastructure bottlenecks, mitigate security risks, and ensure the long-term maintainability of cloud-native solutions.</p><p><br>As a trusted technical advisor, they lead complex discussions with clients and prospects, translating business challenges into efficient technical roadmaps and taking ultimate responsibility for the quality of the platforms we deliver.<br><br></p><h3>Responsibilities</h3>The main responsibility is to lead the technical design, estimation, and delivery of cloud platform projects. This includes:<ul><li><strong>End-to-End Design:</strong> Leading the design of cloud architectures, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and simple to maintain.</li><li><strong>Project Leadership:</strong> Serving as the technical lead on projects, mentoring engineers to ensure high standards of quality and consistency.</li><li><strong>Pre-sales Participation:</strong> Regularly joining the sales team to assess and estimate solutions for prospects.</li><li><strong>Best Practices:</strong> Establishing and enforcing engineering standards and quality frameworks within the project team.</li><li><strong>Proactive Risk Management:</strong> Anticipating potential technical issues or scalability bottlenecks and addressing them before they surface.</li></ul>"
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      "value": "<h3>Technical Expertise</h3><ul><li><strong>Architectural Mastery of Google Cloud:</strong> Expert-level ability to design end-to-end solutions using the Google Cloud stack (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, BigQuery), with a specific focus on large-scale migrations and modernizing legacy environments. Knowledge of <strong>AWS</strong> is a significant plus.</li><li><strong>Advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC):</strong> High proficiency in <strong>Terraform</strong>, focusing on creating reusable, production-grade modules and defining the global IaC strategy for complex multi-account/project setups.</li><li><strong>Cloud-Native & Kubernetes:</strong> Deep expertise in <strong>Kubernetes (GKE)</strong> and container orchestration, implementing <strong>GitOps</strong> best practices (e.g., ArgoCD) to ensure declarative and automated state management.</li><li><strong>CI/CD & Platform Automation:</strong> Designing and optimizing workflows via <strong>GitHub Actions</strong> or <strong>GitLab CI</strong> to increase deployment speed and safety.</li><li><strong>Platform Engineering Solutions:</strong> Expertise in building automated environment provisioning, centralized logging/monitoring, and standardized security guardrails.</li><li><strong>Security & Compliance:</strong> Implementation of comprehensive security frameworks, including IAM least-privilege policies, network security (VPCs, Firewalls), and proactive vulnerability scanning.</li></ul><h3>Professional Excellence</h3><ul><li><strong>Strategic Advisory & Pre-sales:</strong> Ability to participate in pre-sales sessions, assessing prospect challenges, estimating solution efforts, and connecting technical decisions to broader business goals.</li><li><strong>Operational Elegance:</strong> A deep-seated commitment to transforming complex business requirements into clean, scalable, and highly maintainable technical architectures.</li><li><strong>Trusted Client Partner:</strong> Acting as a primary advisor by explaining the \"why\" behind technical decisions, managing risks, and building trust through clear, proactive communication.</li><li><strong>Technical Mentorship:</strong> A passion for upskilling the team through exemplary code reviews, pair programming, and thoughtful guidance to raise the technical bar.</li><li><strong>Accountability & Excellence:</strong> Taking full ownership of the technical success of a project and maintaining a focus on providing quality service to our customers</li></ul><h3>Logistics & Requirements</h3><ul><li><strong>Languages:</strong> Fluency in <strong>Spanish</strong> and <strong>English</strong> is required. <strong>French</strong> is a strong plus.</li><li><strong>Location:</strong> Primary location is <strong>Madrid</strong>, where the Spanish team meets regularely in our new office, with the large majority of the work is executed remotely.</li><li><strong>Travel:</strong> Willingness to travel occasionally within <strong>Europe</strong> for client meetings or industry events.</li></ul>"
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    {
      "name": "Why us?",
      "value": "<ul><li><p>An attractive salary package, with no blurry or hidden clauses.  Everything we offer is open-source via our Gitbook. Check it out <a href=\"https://astrafy.gitbook.io/handbook/its-all-about-people/compensation\">here</a>.</p></li><li><p>Be part of a dynamic team that shares strong values. Check out our “Culture and Values” chart <a href=\"https://docs.astrafy.io/handbook/the-company/culture-and-values\">here</a>. </p></li><li><p>Continuous training & development of soft and hard skills. Check out our training policy <a href=\"https://docs.astrafy.io/handbook/its-all-about-people/training\">here</a>.</p></li><li><p>An excellent team of colleagues & regular team-building activities. Check it out <a href=\"https://docs.astrafy.io/handbook/its-all-about-people/team-building-and-retreat\">here</a>. </p></li><li><p>And much more. We have compiled a detailed handbook covering all you need to know about our company. Check it out <a href=\"https://docs.astrafy.io/handbook/\">here</a>.</p></li></ul><h2><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong> Interview process</strong></span></h2><p>Our interview process is sequential, and should last between 1 to 3 weeks. Each stage leads to either </p><ul><li><p>A detailed feedback in case we decide not to move forward with your application</p></li><li><p>A move to the next interview process stage</p></li></ul><p>Interview process details:</p><ol><li><p>HR screen call ~ 30 minutes</p></li><li><p>Technical Take-Home challenge ~ 3-4 hours</p></li><li><p>Presentation of the technical  “Take home challenge”  ~ 30 minutes</p></li></ol><br><h3>Career Progression</h3>As the team is growing, promotion to <strong>Cloud/Platform Team Lead</strong> is the next step. This path is for a Senior Architect who excels in technical leadership and demonstrates an interest in formal people management and growing a specialized team.<br><strong>Average Duration:</strong> Typically 2-3 years at the Senior level, depending on scope of impact and readiness for architectural oversight and the team size."
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