Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

KBX Logistics LLC; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Educational assistance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

KBX Logistics, a Koch company, seeks a Cloud Engineer to operate and improve our AWS-based platform. You will work with senior engineers to implement infrastructure changes, manage IAM, monitoring, and security, and support containerized workloads in Kubernetes.

You will use Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, and service mesh technologies, participate in on-call rotation, and pursue certifications to grow your cloud skills in a collaborative, security-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS concepts and services including compute, networking, storage, IAM, security groups, subnets, routing, and monitoring.
• Experience deploying, managing, or supporting containerized applications in Kubernetes environments and service mesh tech.
• Experience scripting in Python, PowerShell, or shell.
• Experience with cloud security, IAM, monitoring, incident response, and change-management practices.
• Ability to use AI-assisted tools for learning, scripting, analysis, documentation, and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and support AWS infrastructure using established designs, security controls, and change-management practices.
• Work with senior engineers to clarify requirements and technical decisions.
• Maintain, monitor, upgrade, and troubleshoot cloud platform technologies including EKS, Istio, Gloo, Kafka, and Redis/ElastiCache.
• Use Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions to provision infrastructure and deploy platform changes.
• Manage IAM, access, networking, encryption, and secrets requests; identify automation opportunities and fix security risks.
• Monitor platform health, respond to alerts and incidents, and assist application teams.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Python

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Argo CD

GitHub Actions

Kong

Istio

EKS

Gloo

Job description

KBX Logistics, a Koch company, seeks a Cloud Engineer to operate and improve our AWS-based platform. You will work with senior engineers to implement infrastructure changes, manage IAM, monitoring, and security, and support containerized workloads in Kubernetes.

You will use Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, and service mesh technologies, participate in on-call rotation, and pursue certifications to grow your cloud skills in a collaborative, security-conscious environment.