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# Platform Engineer - €58.000 - €63.000 A Year

- **Company:** It Services Provider
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Salary:** €58,000.0 - €63,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Linux, Scripting, Technical Debt, Information Technology, Veeam, Vmware
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/platform-engineer-%E2%82%AC-58-000-%E2%82%AC-63-000-a-year-en-madrid-ID-372319606

## About the Role

Previous experience in a similar role improving platform stability and reducing operational fragility
Strong engineering judgement and experience acting as the technical authority in a live production environment
Proven ability to implement automation at scale
Excellent communication and teamworking skills with the ability to communicate risks and technical requirements clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders
Tech stack experience the role requires
Microsoft Window Server
Active Directory
VMWare
Veeam
Linux operating systems
advanced Scripting and Automation
Open?source technologies
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## Description

Platform Technical Lead Malaga - hybrid Permanent €58,000 - €63,000 p/aThe Background We are partnered with a world class IT services provider based in Spain but working with clients on a global scale.They have created a new opportunity for a Platform Technical Lead to join them.They have a platform estate that needs someone with genuine technical authority to take ownership of how it runs in production.If you've spent years operating complex hybrid infrastructure and you're tired of watching the same incidents repeat themselves because nobody with real seniority ever stopped to address the root cause, this is your chance to stop history repeating itself!Here's what you'll be doing:You'll own the operational engineering standards across our platform estate.That means defining what good looks like for production readiness, signing off on high risk changes and having the authority to push back when something isn't ready.You'll reduce repeat incidents by finding and eliminating the structural weaknesses that cause them.You'll replace manual, tribal knowledge with automation and codified processes.You'll manage platform capacity before it becomes a crisis rather than after.This isn't a role focused on platform design, Incident process ownership or project delivery.It's a role where you will measure success through improved platform stability, reduction in repeat platform incidents, increased automation and reduced technical debt.What the successful Platform Technical Lead will havePrevious experience in a similar role improving platform stability and reducing operational fragilityStrong engineering judgement and experience acting as the technical authority in a live production environmentProven ability to implement automation at scaleExcellent communication and teamworking skills with the ability to communicate risks and technical requirements clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholdersTech stack experience the role requiresMicrosoft Window ServerActive DirectoryVMWareVeeamLinux operating systemsadvanced Scripting and AutomationOpen?source technologies#J-*****-Ljbffr