Kubernetes Platform Engineer

ANAUTICS INC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ANAUTICS INC seeks a qualified candidate for a key role involving the operation of container platforms and Kubernetes clusters in Oklahoma City. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in infrastructure and platform engineering, strong skills in Linux and automation, and must be a U.S. citizen. Responsibilities include building and operating Kubernetes clusters and supporting application teams. The role is vital for improving deployment speed and service reliability, requiring clear communication with technical and non-technical teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of infrastructure, Kubernetes, SRE, or platform engineering experience.
• Experience operating production containerized workloads.
• Strong Linux, networking, observability, and automation skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate Kubernetes clusters, ingress, service mesh, secrets, and observability tooling.
• Develop deployment templates, policies, and runbooks.
• Support application teams with performance, reliability, and debugging needs.
• Automate platform lifecycle management and security updates.

Skills

Infrastructure experience

Kubernetes

SRE

Platform engineering experience

Strong Linux skills

Networking skills

Observability skills

Automation skills

Communication skills

Job description

Operate container platforms that support secure, observable, scalable applications.

Impact

• Provide stable runtime foundations for product and AI services.
• Improve deployment speed, service reliability, and operational visibility.
• Help teams run production workloads with fewer surprises.

What you'll do

• Build and operate Kubernetes clusters, ingress, service mesh, secrets, and observability tooling.
• Develop deployment templates, policies, and runbooks.
• Support application teams with performance, reliability, and debugging needs.
• Automate platform lifecycle management and security updates.

What we're looking for

• 4+ years of infrastructure, Kubernetes, SRE, or platform engineering experience.
• Experience operating production containerized workloads.
• Strong Linux, networking, observability, and automation skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred experience

• AWS experience is a plus, especially secure cloud, GovCloud, serverless, data, or AI services.
• AI, machine learning, LLM, agentic workflow, or decision intelligence experience is a plus.
• Experience in defense, government, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, or other mission-critical environments is a plus.

Hiring note

Anautics evaluates candidates based on role-relevant skills, judgment, ownership, and ability to work in high-trust environments. AWS and AI experience are strong pluses across this hiring plan.