Kubernetes Platform Engineer – On‑Prem & AWS

Equinix; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to maintain and evolve our Kubernetes‑based infrastructure across on‑prem and AWS environments. This hands‑on role offers ownership and impact on platform reliability and scalability.

You will work with Principal Engineers to design, build and maintain Kubernetes environments tailored to business needs while ensuring operational excellence of the platform.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster operations, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms and basic Golang/Python development.
• Experience using GitHub for code collaboration and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• Ability to translate requirements into scalable Kubernetes-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure across on‑prem and AWS environments.
• Design and implement Kubernetes-based solutions with Principal Engineers and internal customers.
• Provision, configure, and manage clusters with focus on performance, scalability and reliability.
• Perform OS updates, Kubernetes upgrades, and platform maintenance; monitor health and improve stability.
• Contribute to automation, tooling and infrastructure‑as‑code initiatives; participate in on‑call rotations.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Golang

Python

GitHub

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

RKE1/2

CAPI

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes networking

Observability tooling

Job description

Equinix is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to maintain and evolve our Kubernetes‑based infrastructure across on‑prem and AWS environments. This hands‑on role offers ownership and impact on platform reliability and scalability.

You will work with Principal Engineers to design, build and maintain Kubernetes environments tailored to business needs while ensuring operational excellence of the platform.