About the Position

Cloud Engineer

(Hybrid, Cluj, Romania)

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Cluj. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:

Annual performance bonus
Employee referral bonus
Private medical coverage (Regina Maria – Priority Plan)
Option to extend coverage to your spouse or children at no extra cost
Life insurance (Metropolitan Life)
Eyeglasses vouchers
Wellhub (7Card) fitness membership (co-funded)
Access to LinkedIn Learning, LEO Learning, and Bookster
Fresh fruit bar and premium coffee
Modern, collaborative workspace
Hybrid work model
Flexible working schedule
21 days of annual leave + extra days based on tenure (up to 25 days)
Additional days off when public holidays fall on weekends
Paid leave for special life events
Meal vouchers
Gift vouchers (up to 4 per year), offered for occasions like Christmas, Easter, March 8th, and June 1st

Responsibilities

As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in managing containerized and virtual machine workloads across multiple cloud platforms. Your primary objectives will be to ensure the high availability of our platform and the efficient placement of workloads and compute resources. You will be responsible for maintaining cloud infrastructure and building new self-service capabilities that other teams can consume, to deploy their resources into AWS and GCP.

You will collaborate closely with development teams to enhance infrastructure processes, drive automation, and improve service performance.

Build, manage, and improve AWS and GCP cloud capabilities, focusing on automation and continuous delivery.
Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters and other container platforms.
Consult with product teams to implement and automate best practices.
Share knowledge and improve team maturity in operational practices.
Facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure consistent implementation of IAAS and PAAS.
Maintain common pipelines, production paths, shared standards and practices.
Collaborate with other teams to align platform vision with infrastructure strategies and Open Source/vendor technology.

Requirements

Extensive experience in DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD automation, configuration management, and release engineering.
Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, monitoring, and securing clusters in production environments.
Deep understanding of cloud platforms, AWS and GCP (nice to have), with hands-on experience in provisioning, networking, security, and cost optimization.
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform or CloudFormation, to automate and manage infrastructure at scale.
Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design and optimization, with hands-on experience using tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins.
Experience in observability and monitoring, with familiarity in tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Dynatrace to ensure system reliability and performance.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and support teams in making informed infrastructure decisions.
Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

Our Behaviours

At Kingfisher, being all-in means contributing fully to our ambitions, supporting one another, and helping create a culture where we succeed together.

We are open

Continuously curious. Listen to understand. Always improving.

We are brave

Aim high. Act with courage. Move with pace.

We win together

Lead with customer. Commit to deliver. Help each other win.

Testimonials

Our employees know us best. We wouldn’t be Kingfisher without them. So, we want to share what they think with you.

Development and progression is a high priority at Kingfisher, I’ve always felt well supported.

I’m proud to work for Kingfisher, I’ve had great opportunities that have enabled me to contribute to an exciting forward-thinking company.

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Conversations with senior leaders

You'll be able to have regular conversations with managers about personal development and gain a better understanding about what you want from your career and how to achieve it.

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That's why we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have the chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of the organisation.

Sharing is caring

We aren't selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you'll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?

Application Process

What to expect from our application process...

Step 1: Application

Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.

Step 2: Review

A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.

Step 3: Interview 1

You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.

Step 4: Interview 2

As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.

Step 5: Feedback

Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!

Ready to get started?