Lead Kubernetes Engineer & Cloud Automation Leader

Think Consulting; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Consulting in Cleveland is seeking a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer to lead the strategy, design, and evolution of our enterprise platform infrastructure onsite.

You will drive standards, automation, and reliability across cloud and hybrid environments while partnering with engineering, security, and architecture teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

This role combines hands-on leadership with strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration to enable growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; 9+ years in platform/infra engineering.
• Deep Kubernetes, Docker, and container platform expertise.
• Extensive cloud infra design in Azure/AWS/GCP and IaC.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional teams and secure systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain platform engineering standards and roadmaps.
• Lead cloud, on-premise and hybrid infrastructure design and operations.
• Advance IaC, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide mentorship and vendor evaluation.
• Ensure security, compliance, and resiliency across environments.

Skills

Platform engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Kubernetes

Containerization

IaC

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps tooling

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Think Consulting in Cleveland is seeking a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer to lead the strategy, design, and evolution of our enterprise platform infrastructure onsite.

You will drive standards, automation, and reliability across cloud and hybrid environments while partnering with engineering, security, and architecture teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

This role combines hands-on leadership with strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration to enable growth.