Senior Kubernetes, EKS Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a knowledgeable individual contributor tasked with the design, operation, and dependability of the container orchestration platform that supports a significant federal enterprise cloud platform.

• Assist in fulfilling scope, schedule, and delivery objectives while enhancing the platform's Kubernetes methodologies.

• Design, manage, and upgrade production Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, including cluster add-ons (such as CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI).

• Oversee the cluster lifecycle, maintain version currency, scaling, and establish standardized node baselines.

• Engineer cluster networking, ingress, service mesh, and workload isolation across various environments.

• Strengthen clusters and workloads to comply with security and regulatory standards.

• Automate cluster provisioning and configuration via infrastructure as code (Terraform).

• Independently design cloud infrastructure and evaluate trade-offs among cost, reliability, and efficiency.

• Develop reusable modules and enhance the developer experience for engineers deploying to the platform.

• Guide engineers and present design documents and system diagrams to stakeholders.

• Engage in technical depth interviews with prospective candidates.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience; relevant experience may replace formal education.

• Proven expert-level experience in operating Kubernetes in production environments (Amazon EKS preferred).

• In-depth knowledge of at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform preferred).

• Profound understanding of containerization, networking, and fundamental DevOps principles.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Public Trust/suitability determination.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• 401K plan with employer matching.

• Paid parental leave after one year of employment.

• Employee Assistance Program.