Remote SRE: Kubernetes Platform Engineer

ZP Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Fully remote

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Kubernetes Platform to join a leading cloud networking and infrastructure organization. The SRE will manage Kubernetes clusters across AWS and on‑premises, drive reliability, automation, and operational excellence in production systems.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters, IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes infrastructure across AWS and on‑premises environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across AWS and on‑premises environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues impacting Kubernetes infrastructure and production services.
• Administer and support Linux‑based systems, including system performance tuning and root cause analysis.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Develop automation to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and platform reliability.
• Support Kubernetes cluster upgrades, patching, deployments, and ongoing maintenance activities.
• Partner with development and infrastructure teams to support application deployments and platform initiatives.
• Utilize monitoring and observability tools to proactively identify and resolve performance issues.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and respond to production incidents as needed.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Prometheus

Grafana

ArgoCD

CI/CD

Python

Go

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Kubernetes Platform to join a leading cloud networking and infrastructure organization. The SRE will manage Kubernetes clusters across AWS and on‑premises, drive reliability, automation, and operational excellence in production systems.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters, IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.