Cloud Platform Engineer: Kubernetes, EKS & CI/CD (Remote)

Maximus; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 133,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking an IT Architect - Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platform ecosystems across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data platforms.

In this remote role you will define architecture strategy, governance models, and engineering standards to ensure secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platforms while guiding multiple teams, driving platform modernization, and aligning with security and compliance objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years in cloud, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or infra architecture roles.
• Proven track record designing and scaling enterprise cloud platforms on AWS.
• Advanced experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and cloud-native architectures at scale.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins), SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory/Xray, and GitOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise SaaS and PaaS platform architectures, automation solutions, and deployment frameworks to improve scalability, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Lead the evaluation, design, and implementation of cloud platform solutions, providing architectural recommendations that address business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for cloud platform technologies, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and consultation to project teams, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Design and maintain platform infrastructure, disaster recovery capabilities, and high-availability solutions to support reliable and resilient service delivery.
• Analyze complex technical issues, perform root cause investigations, and develop innovative solutions to improve platform performance, reliability, and manageability.
• Evaluate and recommend new cloud services, platform technologies, and software integrations, including proof‑of‑concept efforts and adoption recommendations for emerging capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and application teams to promote cloud architecture standards, automation best practices, and operational procedures.
• Lead the development and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code solutions, automated testing frameworks, and deployment processes to support efficient software delivery and platform operations.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes (EKS)

DevSecOps

CI/CD tooling

GitOps

Platform engineering

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

SonarQube

JFrog Artifactory/Xray

Argo CD

Job description

Maximus is seeking an IT Architect - Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platform ecosystems across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data platforms.

In this remote role you will define architecture strategy, governance models, and engineering standards to ensure secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platforms while guiding multiple teams, driving platform modernization, and aligning with security and compliance objectives.