Platform Engineer - Kubernetes / Karpenter / AWS

Eliassen Group; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Engineer to lead their digital transformation journey. This role focuses on developing cloud-based solutions using cutting-edge technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. You will be instrumental in architecting scalable applications and implementing CI/CD pipelines that enhance operational efficiency. Join a dynamic team committed to innovation and excellence, where your expertise will directly contribute to the success of transformative projects. If you are ready to take your career to the next level in a fully remote environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

401(k)

Vision Insurance

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cloud technologies and CI/CD automation.
• Expertise in AWS components and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Strong background in deploying and managing Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CI/CD automation pipelines for cloud applications.
• Architect and implement scalable cloud solutions using AWS.
• Collaborate with teams to establish cloud infrastructure best practices.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

CI/CD Automation

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS (EC2, EKS, Lambda)

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

GitOps

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Related Field

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Job description

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Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yr

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** This is a Full-Time Opportunity directly our end Client **

** 100% Remote - Should be based in Eastern OR Central Time-zone **

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

Our Financial Client is on a Digital Transformation journey to strategize, implement, and automate end-to-end product delivery using turn-key technologies. To support this journey, they are seeking an Engineer with a passion for programming and knowledge in Cloud technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, in general, and AWS-specific cloud components such as EC2, EKS, AWS Lamda functions, API Gateway, and RDS. The engineer/Developer is expected to provide strategy and implement enterprise-scale service mesh and sidecar architectures with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and availability.

Responsibilities

• Work as an individual contributor within the Cloud development platform team, focused on developing and maintaining an in-house built CI/CD automation pipeline

• Highly advanced knowledge of Release automation using CI/CD products that is applied to advance the goals and objectives of the team and department

• Recognized by the team as an expert in CI/CD automation

• Deploy critical infrastructure components through Infrastructure-as-Code tooling across multiple environments using Terraform integrated through Azure DevOps

• Manages activities within a department, developing tactical plans for strategy and implementation for release automation for varying maturity levels of software products

• Support the development of compelling features using modern tools and technologies with a focus on building future-proof systems that perform at scale

• Architecting and developing stateless and stateful applications using AWS cloud technologies

• Provide software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns, and programming

• Establishes Cloud Infrastructure Design best practices, templates, and processes

• Collaborates with external and internal partners, participates, and suggests design and architectural decisions

• Other activities as may be assigned by your manager

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 6+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 1+ years in a Senior Associate level role or external equivalent

• Experience working on automation and developmental works related to infrastructure operations

• Extensive experience in developing CI/CD Pipelines using GitOps methodologies and technologies such as FluxCD, ArgoCD

• Experience in working and implementing Kubernetes and Service mesh technologies such as Istio, LinkerD for communication between services

• Experience in implementing Karpenter for Scaling of API’s in the Cloud

• Proficient in various AWS cloud components for designing and building stateful and stateless applications

• Azure DevOps knowledge is a plus

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate.

Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact [e-mail].

Job ID: JN -042025-101902

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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Medical insurance

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