Kubernetes Platform Engineer – Scale Global Infra (Go)

New Relic, Inc.; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Parental leave

401(k) with match

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

New Relic is seeking a Platform Engineer for the Container Fabric team in the United States. You will own and evolve a large Kubernetes infrastructure, building resilient, scalable systems that empower engineering teams globally.

You’ll drive platform evolution using cloud-native tools, automate workflows, and manage Day 1/Day 2 ops. This role emphasizes production reliability, incident response, and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• In-depth Kubernetes expertise and operators development.
• Go programming for systems automation and tooling.
• Production stability management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and enhance a massive Kubernetes infrastructure platform for peak availability.
• Evolve internal tooling to reduce manual overhead and streamline delivery.
• Manage Day 1 and Day 2 operations for clusters with modern scaling.
• Lead incident responses and partner with teams for operational excellence.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

DevOps

Production stability

Tools

Helm

ArgoCD

Flux

Karpenter

Cluster API

Job description

New Relic is seeking a Platform Engineer for the Container Fabric team in the United States. You will own and evolve a large Kubernetes infrastructure, building resilient, scalable systems that empower engineering teams globally.

You’ll drive platform evolution using cloud-native tools, automate workflows, and manage Day 1/Day 2 ops. This role emphasizes production reliability, incident response, and collaboration across teams.