Remote SRE - Platform Engineering for Kubernetes

ZP Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Full benefits package

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking an SRE - Platform Engineering to support a Kubernetes-based platform in regulated environments. This remote US role focuses on reliability, scalability, and compliance across the platform.

You will work with senior engineers to implement platform enhancements, automate infrastructure, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while upholding FedRAMP High/DoD IL5 standards.

Qualifications

• Experience building and supporting Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Strong Linux administration and enterprise environment skills.
• Proficiency with CI/CD and deployment automation practices.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and support Kubernetes clusters across on-prem and AWS.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance with observability and on-call rotations.
• Develop infrastructure automation to improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Collaborate with security and application teams to ensure compliance and reliability.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling for platform improvements.
• Define and track reliability metrics (SLIs/SLOs) and error budgets.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting languages (Python/Go/Ruby)

Observability & incident response

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking an SRE - Platform Engineering to support a Kubernetes-based platform in regulated environments. This remote US role focuses on reliability, scalability, and compliance across the platform.

You will work with senior engineers to implement platform enhancements, automate infrastructure, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while upholding FedRAMP High/DoD IL5 standards.