Lead Cloud Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Team Lead who enjoys leading people while remaining actively involved in hands-on cloud and platform engineering.

You will lead a team of 9 engineers working on services that form part of an enterprise cybersecurity platform. This role combines people management with technical ownership of a production cloud environment built primarily on Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes.

Approximately 30% of your time will be dedicated to team leadership , while the remaining 70% will focus on engineering, architecture, infrastructure automation and improving the reliability, scalability and security of production services.

Please note: This position is based in Brno, Czechia. Candidates must be able to work from Brno, as remote work from another country or location is not available for this role.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & People Development

• Lead and support a team of 9 engineers, fostering collaboration and continuous development.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, provide feedback and support individual career growth.
• Set and monitor individual goals and development plans.
• Lead performance reviews and contribute to compensation decisions.
• Support day-to-day problem-solving and collaborate with Product Owners on priorities and delivery.
• Coordinate with other engineering teams to ensure effective collaboration across the organization.

Cloud Engineering & Architecture

• Design, develop and operate production services running on Microsoft Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Design and evolve Kubernetes architecture for microservices, including scaling, networking, ingress and service-to-service communication.
• Manage infrastructure and application deployments using Terraform and Helm.
• Integrate Kubernetes workloads with Azure services, including Storage, PostgreSQL, Key Vault and Event Hubs.
• Work with messaging and networking technologies such as RabbitMQ, load balancers, public APIs, Kuma service mesh and Nginx or other ingress controllers.
• Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, observability and cloud cost efficiency.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production environments using logs, metrics and other observability data.
• Identify and remediate security findings to continuously strengthen the cloud environment.
• Maintain and improve Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines, including Docker image builds and publishing to Azure Container Registry.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, architects, Product Owners and Security teams on technical decisions and solution design.
• Participate in threat modelling and translate security requirements into practical engineering solutions.

Requirements

• Several years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering or platform engineering, with strong hands-on experience in production environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of Kubernetes , ideally AKS, including architecture, deployment, scaling, networking, troubleshooting and security.
• Experience designing, deploying and operating microservices in Kubernetes environments.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) .
• Good working knowledge of Helm and Kubernetes application deployment.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Azure and experience integrating Kubernetes workloads with Azure services.
• Experience with Docker and container-based environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ideally Jenkins, including container image build and deployment workflows.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or coordinating engineers.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Fluent English for daily communication.
• Willingness and ability to work from Brno, Czechia .

Nice to Have

• Python or scripting experience for automation.
• Experience with RabbitMQ or other messaging systems.
• Experience with Kuma or another service mesh.
• Experience with Nginx or other ingress controllers.
• Experience with Jenkins and Groovy.
• Knowledge of Azure security and identity management.
• Experience with threat modelling or close collaboration with security teams.
• Background in enterprise software or security-focused products.

This role is ideal for a senior cloud or platform engineer who wants to take the next step in people leadership without losing touch with technology.

You will have the opportunity to influence engineering practices, shape production cloud architecture and help a team of engineers grow while working on a security-focused platform.