Platform Engineer - Kubernetes

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. What is the role? The role will be tasked with developing and maintaining our Application Hosting Infrastructure on Kubernetes in GCP. As a Platform Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining our core application infrastructure that supports our business operations. You’ll be part of a small, focused team that prioritizes automation and security while engineering a robust platform for hosting internal applications. This position offers the chance to work with the latest technologies in an AI-forward environment, allowing you to contribute to impactful projects that drive our growth. What You Will Be Doing Design scalable infrastructure solutions that meet the demands of our core applications. Implement infrastructure as code practices to automate and streamline processes. Monitor system performance, optimize resources, and integrate cloud services while troubleshooting and resolving any infrastructure issues that arise. Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle. Design and develop scalable build systems to ensure applications are delivered quickly and proficiently, matching the pace of business needs. Ensure compliance with security regulations and best practices to protect application infrastructure. Collaborate with Infosec and other engineering teams to implement effective incident re