Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Role Description

Keep the engine running on a complex Kubernetes environment! As a Kubernetes Platform Engineer, you will operate and maintain AWS EKS clusters supporting 300+ applications across production, staging, and sandbox environments.

The Kubernetes Platform Engineer supports the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of AWS EKS clusters including:

• Cluster lifecycle
• Node operations
• Add-on version compliance
• Namespace administration
• Istio service mesh operations
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)-driven configuration

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in Kubernetes platform engineering and managing AWS EKS clusters in production environments
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information technology, systems engineering, or related field

Requirements

• Excellent experience managing AWS EKS clusters including managed node groups, Fargate profiles, cluster upgrades, add-on lifecycle management, and multi-cluster operations at enterprise scale
• Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations including namespace administration, resource quotas, limit ranges, pod disruption budgets, HPA/VPA, and cluster autoscaler configuration
• Excellent ability to detect and remediate node failures within 30 minutes using cordon, drain, and replace procedures
• Excellent experience with Istio service mesh operations including control plane management, mTLS enforcement, traffic management, virtual services, and sidecar injection policy on EKS
• Excellent experience implementing and maintaining 100% IaC governance using Terraform for all cluster configuration
• Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes add-on lifecycle including CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI, AWS Load Balancer Controller, and EBS/EFS CSI drivers
• Above average experience with Kubernetes monitoring and observability including Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, log aggregation, and distributed tracing
• Working knowledge of EKS multi-region deployment patterns including cluster federation and cross-region service discovery
• Experience supporting a federal agency
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• The annual projected pay range for this position is $66,923 - $110,863
• Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family
• Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company
• Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital
• Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents
• 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals