Platform Engineering Jobs + Tools Digest — 2026-09-11

TL;DR

Jobs

25 platform-engineering roles this week, with DevOps Engineer (5) and Site Reliability Engineer (4) trending. Highlights include Billing Systems Architect at Platform.sh, posted 2 days ago —

Headquarters: Remote • Anywhere

About Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 

Upsun is the cloud application platform humans and robots love. It is bui… and Senior Professional Services DevOps Engineer at JFrog, posted 3 days ago —

Headquarters: Remote, Canada

** Open to remote within the East Coast only**

At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate -- and w….

Tools & News

This week's roundup features 10 tools & news items, 3 of which mention AI, with "kubernetes" as a recurring theme.

Jobs

• Billing Systems Architect at Platform.sh Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Senior Professional Services DevOps Engineer at JFrog Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Professional Services DevOps Engineer at JFrog Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Senior SRE - Networks at Fastly Source: WeWorkRemotely
• AEM Developer at Vonage Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Engineering Manager, Notifications at Discord Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Senior Software Engineer at CircleCI Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Cyber Security GTM Leader at Databricks Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Manager, Security Operations Center - EMEA at Huntress Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Evergreen - Sales Development Representative at Huntress Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Associate Account Manager, SLED at Keeper Security Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Associate Account Manager at Keeper Security Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Senior DevOps Engineer at Lemon.io Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Application Security Engineer II at Abnormal Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Critical Situation Manager at Abnormal Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Senior Application Security Engineer at Temporal Technologies Source: WeWorkRemotely
• DevOps & Security Engineer - AI-Native Healthcare SaaS at Zenara Health Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Analista de Infraestrutura Pleno DevOps at Melhor Envio Source: RemoteOK — python, docker, nosql, git, typescript, devops
• Mac MSP Help Desk Guru (work from home) at Ignition, Inc. Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Manager Platform Engineering at Natera Source: RemoteOK — manager, cloud, engineering, devops, senior, ai, lead
• Senior Platform Engineer at saas.group Source: RemoteOK — senior, engineer, devops, architecture, ai, reliability, ops
• Senior Site Reliability Engineer AI Infrastructure at Andromeda Cluster Source: RemoteOK — ai, devops, engineer, ops, reliability, senior
• Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Pave Bank Source: RemoteOK — senior, engineer, reliability, devops, gcp, kubernetes, docker, python, go, grafana
• Senior Cloud Engineer at DV Trading Source: RemoteOK — senior, cloud, engineer, devops, aws, gcp, crypto, security
• Senior Site Reliability Engineer at UJET Source: RemoteOK — senior, engineer, reliability, devops, ops, cloud, architecture, system, lead

Tools & News Roundup

• Kubernetes disaster recovery: Guidance from three reproducible failure scenarios Source: CNCF Blog
• Whose GPUs are these, anyway? Secure, self-service metrics for multi-tenant Kubernetes Source: CNCF Blog
• How cloud native goes AI native Source: CNCF Blog
• Kubernetes access via an identity provider: Public client, not confidential Source: CNCF Blog
• Distributed tracing for CI pipelines without touching a single workflow file Source: CNCF Blog
• Handling vulnerability reports: Recipe card Source: CNCF Blog
• Kubernetes isn’t new, but AI makes It scary again Source: CNCF Blog
• CPU + GPU: Why AI platform engineering is a heterogeneous infrastructure problem Source: CNCF Blog
• Join OSPOlogy + OSPO Summit China 2026 in Shanghai Source: CNCF Blog
• Migrating a critical Kubernetes deployment from the default namespace without any downtime Source: CNCF Blog

UK Tech Contract Day Rates — 2026 Snapshot

AI-skilled candidates command a 17–26% premium over baseline rates in comparable roles.

Sources: ContractorUK market rates data; Morgan McKinley UK Technology Contract Salary Guide 2026; ITJobsWatch contract rate data (September 2026).