Platform Engineer – Digital Campus

About the role

A Platform Engineer position is open within the Cloud & DevOps team of Airbus Helicopters' Hosting & Cloud Services department in Albacete, Spain. The role defines, develops, integrates, tests and runs robust and scalable platform solutions, designing automated infrastructure for applications and services and keeping the Kubernetes (OpenShift) platform reliable, performant and secure.

Key responsibilities

• Design and manage highly available Red Hat OpenShift clusters, optimising performance and cost-efficiency.
• Build and operate platform components supporting AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes.
• Automate platform provisioning and operations with IaC (Helm, GitOps).
• Implement security best practices for Kubernetes, including secret management, RBAC and compliance.
• Provide technical support to dev/ops teams and troubleshoot platform, performance and security issues.
• Take part in the full lifecycle of platform improvement and prototype new tools.
• Deploy, test and integrate highly available, scalable systems and services.
• Write platform user guides and best practices, and coordinate functional and technical integration.

Required profile

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in Information Technology.
• Advanced English.
• Autonomous, organised, customer-oriented and a strong team collaborator.

Required skills

• Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift and Helm.
• GitOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Nice to have: understanding of AI/ML infrastructure and basic development concepts (Node.js, Java.NET).

What we offer

• Permanent position with an attractive salary.
• Hybrid working model and collective transport service depending on location.
• Vacation days plus additional days off (about 35 per year).
• Life insurance, health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan or study grants.
• On-site facilities such as a free canteen, kindergarten and medical office.
• Upskilling opportunities and development prospects in a multicultural environment.