Remote Senior Platform Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD)

Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Remote work

Health benefits

HSA/FSA

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability

Job summary

Ledgebrook is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to collaborate with the engineering team on cloud infrastructure reliability and scalability, and to streamline developer workflows with self-service platform features. You will identify bottlenecks, improve deployment automation, and maintain developer velocity so teams ship reliable software.

You will manage AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines with ArgoCD and GitHub Actions, Helm charts, Istio service mesh, and Terraform to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Hands-on AWS expertise: Strong experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure, including robust AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, routing).
• Production Kubernetes administration: Experience administering, scaling, and monitoring containerized environments.
• Advanced CI/CD automation: Proven expertise in building deployment pipelines using ArgoCD and GitHub Actions.
• Helm templating: Hands-on experience writing and modularizing Helm charts to package applications for developer self-service.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in managing complex environments using Terraform.
• Service mesh networking: Experience configuring traffic routing, security policies, and observability using Istio.
• Strong communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage AWS Cloud Infrastructure: Contribute to our core AWS cloud environment, architecting, securing, and maintaining highly available infrastructure.
• Administer Kubernetes: Manage, optimize, and monitor AWS Kubernetes clusters, ensuring robust container orchestration and scaling.
• Automate Deployment Pipelines: Architect and maintain secure, reliable CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD and GitHub Actions.
• Empower Developer Self-Service: Write, modularize, and maintain Helm charts and platform templates for self-service deployments.
• Optimize Network & Traffic Control: Configure and manage Istio service mesh for secure traffic flow and advanced routing.
• Manage AWS Infrastructure as Code: Codify all cloud resources using Terraform for environment consistency across staging and production.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Helm

Terraform

Istio

Communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Istio

Helm

Atlantis

Job description

Ledgebrook is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to collaborate with the engineering team on cloud infrastructure reliability and scalability, and to streamline developer workflows with self-service platform features. You will identify bottlenecks, improve deployment automation, and maintain developer velocity so teams ship reliable software.

You will manage AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines with ArgoCD and GitHub Actions, Helm charts, Istio service mesh, and Terraform to