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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Kubernetes Engineer - **Company:** QContact - **Location:** Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £60,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Elasticsearch, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Role-Based Access Control, Redis, Prometheus, Service Discovery, Datadog, Scripting, Grafana, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2850730626-2 ## About the Role * 3+ years administering Linux-based systems. * 2+ years hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production. * Experience with container technologies such as Docker. * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or OpenTelemetry (we use Datadog) * Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar). * You must reside in the UK - this is a permanent PAYE role. * You must have a good level of English and be able to hold a conversation in English. * The unrestricted right to work in the UK without sponsorship or visa Desirable Skills * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). * Experience with Helm. * Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis and Elasticsearch. * Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools. * Knowledge of service meshes and cloud-native networking. * Experience supporting high-availability SaaS platforms. ## Description QContact is a cloud contact centre platform helping organisations deliver exceptional customer experiences through voice, digital channels, workforce management, AI, and automation. As our platform continues to grow, we're looking for a skilled Kubernetes System Administrator to help build, maintain, and scale the infrastructure that powers our services., As a Kubernetes System Administrator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation, reliability, security, and performance of our Kubernetes environments. You will work closely with software engineers and support teams to ensure our services remain highly available, secure, and scalable. This is a technical role - you should actually understand how Kubernetes works, how to create deployments, ingresses, services and scaling. You will also be responsible for the underlying infrastructure hosted in Azure, so you should have good Linux skills. Any interview will include a technical assessment, so please don't put yourself forward for the role if you do not have confidence in Kubernetes and Linux administration. You'll play a key role in managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues, automating operational tasks, and improving platform observability and resilience. Core Kubernetes administration skills typically include cluster architecture, networking, storage, workload management, security, and troubleshooting., * Administer and maintain Kubernetes clusters in production environments. * Monitor cluster health, performance, and capacity. * Manage deployments, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance. * Configure and maintain networking, ingress, DNS, and service discovery. * Manage persistent storage and backup strategies. * Implement and maintain RBAC, security policies, and cluster hardening. * Automate operational processes using Infrastructure as Code. * Troubleshoot application, cluster, networking, and node-level issues. * Support CI/CD pipelines and containerised application deployments. * Work with development teams to improve reliability, scalability, and observability. * Participate in incident response and on-call rotations. ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [How I saved 200K/yr in direct costs writing 0 code lines in K8s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1055-how-i-saved-200k-yr-in-direct-costs-writing-0-code-lines-in-k8s) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Frontend Developer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/233-frontend-developer-salary-in-the-uk)