Lead Platform Architect – AI-Driven Cloud & Kubernetes

VTS; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible PTO policy

Education stipend

Job summary

VTS is seeking a Senior Engineer in New York, NY, to lead the technical architecture for their Cloud foundation. The ideal candidate will manage AWS and Kubernetes environments and leverage AI for self-healing systems. Responsibilities include architectural leadership, strategic optimization, and mentoring. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience and deep technical mastery in Kubernetes and AWS. The position offers a competitive salary, health benefits, and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps, with at least 2 years in a Senior-level role.
• Extensive experience managing large-scale production environments in AWS.
• Experience with Kubernetes internals and networking.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap for our AWS/Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Implement AI/LLM opportunities for infrastructure management.
• Lead Kubernetes and Istio service mesh strategy evolution.

Skills

Kubernetes knowledge

AWS experience

Go or Python proficiency

Infrastructure management

AI and automation mindset

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Istio

Job description

VTS is seeking a Senior Engineer in New York, NY, to lead the technical architecture for their Cloud foundation. The ideal candidate will manage AWS and Kubernetes environments and leverage AI for self-healing systems. Responsibilities include architectural leadership, strategic optimization, and mentoring. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience and deep technical mastery in Kubernetes and AWS. The position offers a competitive salary, health benefits, and flexible PTO.