Platform Engineering Jobs + Tools Digest — 2026-09-18

ZoomInfo is where careers accelerate. We move fast, think boldly, and empower you to do the best work of your life. You’ll be surrounded… and Bilingual Channel Account Manager, Arabic (MEA) - UK at Keeper Security, posted 3 days ago —

Headquarters: Remote, UK

Description

Keeper is hiring a driven, Arabic speaking Channel Account Manager to join the Keeper Global Channel Sales team. Qualified candida….

Tools & News

This week's roundup features 10 tools & news items, 2 of which mention AI, with "kubernetes" as a recurring theme.

Jobs

• Principal Cloud Architect at ZoomInfo Technologies LLC Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Bilingual Channel Account Manager, Arabic (MEA) - UK at Keeper Security Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Developer Advocate - Service Management at Datadog Source: WeWorkRemotely
• 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
• Engineering Manager, Notifications at Discord Source: WeWorkRemotely
• Senior Software Engineer at CircleCI 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
• 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

• OpenTelemetry everywhere: Migrating a metrics platform at scale Source: CNCF Blog
• Running OpenBao on Kubernetes with a CloudNativePG PostgreSQL backend Source: CNCF Blog
• What I learned organizing KCD Lima 2026 Source: CNCF Blog
• Cilium 1.20: Gateway API ExternalAuth, TCPRoute/UDPRoute, ENI IPAM for IPv6, and more Source: CNCF Blog
• Building a reliable cloud native foundation for distributed AI training Source: CNCF Blog
• 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

UK Tech Contract Day Rates — 2026 Snapshot

Sector / specialism	Typical day rate (2026)
IT (median across all disciplines)	£576/day
Cloud and infrastructure	£550–£600/day
Software engineering	£500–£580/day
Product management	£490–£560/day
Data and analytics	£480–£530/day
AI and automation	£460–£520/day
Senior IT specialists (AI/ML, cloud, security architects)	£700–£1,200/day

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).