Platform Engineer Compute a venture between Thales and Google

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments institutions and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security aerospace and space cybersecurity and digital identity were driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Romania we are advancing innovation through software engineering research and development delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations to air traffic management systems satellite-based solutions tactical indoor simulations identity and biometric technologies and more.

Bucharest - Hybrid (3 office / 2 remote) Occasional travel to Paris / Berlin
Start: ASAP English-speaking team

Most platform engineering roles are about maintaining the paved road.
This one is about laying it.

THE PROJECT

A trusted sovereign Google Cloud region - operated end-to-end from within Europe by the joint venture between Thales and Google Cloud.

Same Google Cloud power you know (GKE compute data Vertex AI).
European jurisdiction. European operators. Thales-grade cybersecurity.

In the last 6 months alone the platform:
Achieved a world-first regulatory qualification - IaaS CaaS PaaS in a single decision
Named 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year - Sovereign Cloud
Runs 3 data centres 10000 devices H100 GPU clusters in production
Powers workloads for European enterprises in energy banking healthcare defense

Your job: industrialize the compute platform - at scale repeatable audit-ready.

WHAT YOULL OWN

Design and operate CI/CD pipelines - fast reproducible secure-by-default
Deploy containerized workloads on Kubernetes (GKE)
Turn Google-provided prototypes into production-grade automation
Own artifact lifecycle: build versioning signing storage promotion
Drive infrastructure automation with Terraform
Bake compliance into the pipeline alongside security teams
Lead production troubleshooting on the compute layer
Collaborate directly with Google Cloud engineers

WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR

Must-have:
5 years in DevOps / Platform Engineering
Strong Kubernetes (GKE preferred)
Solid CI/CD (Cloud Build GitLab CI Jenkins)
Deep Terraform & IaC experience
Hands-on GitOps (FluxCD ArgoCD)
Strong Docker / containerization Linux English

Nice to have:
Observability tooling (Prometheus Grafana Loki Mimir)
Secrets management IAM Vault
Large-scale distributed systems
Networking (proxies TLS segmentation)

WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT

This isnt another use GCP job. You help operate a GCP region - the first run autonomously by a partner.
You dont patch legacy - you define the paved road every service team walks.
You sit at the table with Google Cloud and Thales engineering not behind it.

WHAT YOU GET

Competitive package private medical meal vouchers sport benefit and the rest of the Thales standard package. Real engineering ownership in a Bucharest-based team shipping to production.

SOUND LIKE YOU

If youve industrialized Kubernetes platforms before treat Terraform like a first language and want a Bucharest-based greenfield where GitOps actually matters - lets talk.

#LI-AB3

At Thales were committed to fostering a workplace where respect trust collaboration and passion drive everything we do. Here youll feel empowered to bring your best self thrive in a supportive culture and love the work you do. Join us and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference for a safer greener and more inclusive world.