Power Platform Engineer developing solutions using PowerPlatform at knowmad mood. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in Madrid for quality project delivery in a hybrid mode.
About the role
- Principal Platform Engineer leading platform architecture and operations at Automata, transforming lab automation through integrated technology solutions in a hybrid work model.
Responsibilities
- Own platform architecture and unification
- Define and own the unified cloud + on-prem platform architecture, spanning AWS and customer-hosted environments.
- Design systems that operate reliably across hybrid, semi–air-gapped and regulated deployments.
- Act as the final decision-maker on platform architecture, tooling, and vendors.
- Drive automation-first infrastructure
- Lead full automation across the platform using Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and CI/CD.
- Ensure environments are reproducible, auditable, and recoverable by design.
- Eliminate manual operations wherever possible.
- Reliability, uptime & operational excellence
- Own availability targets across 20+ clusters, 4 regions, and multiple environments.
- Design and operate systems targeting 99.99% uptime, with clear SLOs, SLIs, and incident processes.
- Improve observability, alerting, incident response, and post-mortem culture.
- Security & compliance by design
- Embed security deeply into platform architecture and delivery pipelines.
- Own platform alignment with ISO 27001 and GxP requirements.
- Reduce attack surface through simplification, standardisation, and automation.
- Cost optimisation & platform efficiency
- Continuously optimise infrastructure cost without compromising reliability or security.
- Make cost trade-offs visible and intentional.
- Remove wasteful tooling, over-provisioning, and unnecessary platform complexity.
- Data & ML platform enablement
- Support reliable execution of data pipelines and ML workflows within the platform.
- Partner with data and ML teams to ensure pipelines are scalable, secure, and operationally sound.
- Lead senior platform engineers
- Lead and inspire Staff-level Platform Engineers.
- Set execution standards, delivery cadence, and technical expectations.
- Improve platform engineering culture, visibility, and predictability.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership
- Translate product intent and operational requirements into platform architecture, roadmaps, and timelines.
- Operate as an execution partner to product teams and an advisory partner where appropriate.
- Provide clear, regular visibility into platform health, risks, and progress.
Requirements
- Significant years of proven experience in platform, infrastructure, or SRE-focused engineering roles
- Deep experience operating mission-critical, 24/7 systems with strict uptime requirements.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerisation, CI/CD, IaC, and GitOps.
- Proven track record running hybrid cloud + on-prem platforms.
- Strong understanding of cloud economics and cost optimisation.
- Solid security mindset, including experience with regulated environments.
- Experience leading or heavily influencing senior platform engineers.
- Background across both startups/scale-ups and enterprise environments.
Benefits
- Vitality Health Insurance
- Eye Care
- Salary Sacrifice - EV
- Salary Sacrifice - Bike & Tech
- Wellbeing & Support
- Wellbeing & Development Allowance
- Spill & Employee Assistance Programme
- Additional Leave
- Pension Scheme
- Group Life & Critical Illness cover
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