Platform Engineer Team Lead

The Role:

As the Platform Engineer Team Lead , you will work alongside the department's Manager in coordinating the team’s daily operations while actively contributing to the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of platform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation processes.

This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, offering the opportunity to mentor team members, drive operational excellence, and help shape scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native environments.

If you are passionate about DevOps culture, cloud technologies, automation, and leading by example in a collaborative environment, we'd like to hear from you!

The main responsibilities of the position include:

• Develop and execute action plans to achieve agreed goals and performance indicators
• Recommend and actively promote improvements to DevOps practices, automation patterns, and tooling
• Identify automation opportunities and drive implementation initiatives within the Platform Engineering team
• Monitor and suggest improvements to the existing CI/CD process to increase speed, safety, and reliability
• Coordinate implementation activities within the team and assist in cross-team collaboration when required
• Develop, maintain, and enhance existing GitLab CI pipeline libraries
• Assist developers with setting up CI/CD for their projects and provide support for any issues that may arise
• Stay up to date with the latest tools and trends in the industry and share relevant insights with the wider team
• Ensure adherence to best practices across Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes environments and support continuous improvement initiatives
• Support knowledge-sharing sessions and educate Application Development Teams on platform standards, tools, and best practices
• Work closely with the Security team to remediate vulnerabilities and ensure platform compliance with security standards
• Set personal targets for team members and monitor performance
• Provide regular feedback, coaching, mentoring, and development support to team members
• Encourage collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team
• Help maintain a motivated, engaged, and high-performing team environment

Main requirements:

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar discipline
• 7+ years’ experience within the following areas: Cloud (AWS), Release Pipeline Management, Windows Server Administration, Linux Administration, Certificate Management, PowerShell scripting, Bash/python scripting, Configuration Management and IAC (Ansible/Terraform), DNS, Networking
• Enterprise-level Kubernetes experience
• Solid Linux administration skills
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and people management skills
• Commitment to continuous improvement, with a focus on observability, modern application architecture styles, blue-green/canary deployments, and CI/CD pipeline management
• Ability to self-motivate, study, and stay on top of emerging technologies and trends while meeting business deadlines
• Excellent communication, organizational, and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail and cost awareness
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environments and deliver high-quality results within tight deadlines
• Experience with tools including: Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, MSK, New Relic

The following will be considered an advantage:

• Familiarity with database concepts
• Working experience with at least one cloud provider (preferably AWS)
• Experience with Apache Kafka configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience with ELK configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience mentoring or coaching technical teams
• Scripting skills (Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go, etc.)

Benefit from:

• Attractive remuneration package plus performance related reward
• Private health insurance
• Corporate pension fund
• Intellectually stimulating work environment
• Continuous personal development and international training opportunities

The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You

• Show Your Skills – Online Technical Challenge
• Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition
• Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team
• Final Connection – Final Interview

Type of employment : Full-time

Location : Cyprus, Greece or Fully Remote - in other eligible locations

All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!