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Senior Kubernetes Engineer

Hybrid in Barcelona & Madrid·Added 23 days ago

Tecdata Engineering

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Overview

Job details

Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

Have the right to work in Spain
Tecdata Engineering doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Be near Barcelona & Madrid for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have 4+ years of experience
Senior-level role.

This job was automatically translated to English.

Requirements

What we're looking for

✅ 4+ years of real experience in the administration, implementation, or evolution of Kubernetes platforms.

✅ Demonstrable experience in at least one of these technologies:

Red Hat OpenShift
AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

✅ Experience participating in design and implementation of Kubernetes platforms projects.

✅ Experience in financial or highly regulated environments.

Nice to have

➕ Experience in Cloud + On-Premise / hybrid environments.
➕ Management of clusters with and without data persistence.
➕ Experience with microservices and APIs platforms.
➕ DevOps and automation tools.
➕ Terraform, Ansible or other IaC tools.
➕ CI/CD pipelines: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.
➕ Additional experience in AWS.

The role

📍 Location: Madrid or Barcelona - preferably Barcelona
🏢 Modality: Hybrid - 2 days on-site/week
💼 Position: Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer
🧩 Experience: 4-8+ years
💰 SBA: Up to 45,000 € for truly senior profiles
☁️ Key technologies: Kubernetes · OpenShift · AWS EKS

This point is very important: we are not looking for a profile that only manages incidents or executes procedures.

We need a Senior Kubernetes professional, capable of participating in the administration, implementation, design, and evolution of Kubernetes platforms, making technical decisions, and providing specialized support to development teams.

We are looking for a person with technical judgment, autonomy, and the ability to propose solutions and lead platform improvements.

What you'll do

We are looking for solid experience in:

🔹 Advanced administration of Kubernetes clusters.
🔹 Design of highly available and resilient platforms.
🔹 Service continuity and availability.
🔹 Scalability and performance optimization.
🔹 Platform observability and monitoring.
🔹 Security and hardening of Kubernetes environments.
🔹 Management of cluster updates and upgrades.
🔹 Specialized technical support for development teams.
🔹 Analysis and resolution of complex platform problems.

We want a person capable of:

🎯 Design Kubernetes solutions.
🎯 Make architecture decisions.
🎯 Recommend and apply best practices.
🎯 Lead platform improvement and evolution initiatives.
🎯 Analyze complex problems and propose solutions.
🎯 Provide advanced technical support to development teams.
🎯 Participate in defining robust, secure, and scalable platforms.

About Tecdata Engineering

Tecdata Engineering (TECDATA ENGINEERING) is a technology consulting and services provider specialized in global technology projects, with a portfolio covering custom software development, legacy modernization, managed services, cloud infrastructure, Salesforce, cybersecurity (including SOC, pentesting and NIS2 compliance), and data & AI services, alongside IT talent services such as headhunting and staff augmentation. The company reports being founded in 2012 with around 500 employees ("Compañeros 500") and 5M in billing, and forms part of a broader technology consulting group with more than 550 consultants across 5 countries. It states it is present in major economic sectors including banking, telecommunications, and insurance.

In Spain, Tecdata Engineering hires across multiple locations including Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao, with a significant share of openings marked "Completamente remoto" (fully remote) or hybrid. Its careers portal organizes vacancies into departments such as Desarrollo y QA, Ciberseguridad, Cloud, DevOps, Sistemas y Producción, Gestión de Proyectos, Comercial, and RRHH, and current openings range from COBOL and mainframe-adjacent banking roles to data engineering, Salesforce, SAP, cybersecurity, and air traffic management QA. For international professionals considering a move to Spain, the volume of remote-eligible roles across the country is notable, though the company's careers and website content is published in Spanish.

Industry: IT Services
Founded: 2012
Employees: 500
Website: tecdata.es

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Many openings are advertised as fully remote within Spain, e.g. "Senior Data Scientist – GCP Madrid · Completamente remoto" and "ML ENGINEER Madrid · Completamente remoto".
Hiring activity in Spain includes Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao, with hybrid and on-site arrangements depending on the role.
The company reports around 500 employees ("Compañeros 500") and was founded in 2012.
It is part of a technology consulting group with more than 550 consultants operating in 5 countries.
Its client sectors include banking, telecommunications, and insurance, so many roles involve regulated, enterprise-grade environments.

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