Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer — Hybrid/Cloud Native

Peak6 Investments LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401k match

Parental leave

HSA contribution

Calm app subscription

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Apex Fintech Solutions is hiring a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our DevOps and SRE team. You will design, deploy, and maintain automation for Kubernetes clusters, enabling seamless deployment of applications. You will work with development teams to improve tooling and reliability across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role emphasizes tooling, security, monitoring, and strong collaboration in a fast‑growing fintech setting, with hybrid work and a focus on scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years as a developer (Go, Java, Python, etc.).
• 2+ years experience with Kubernetes (GKE, EKS, RKE, etc.).
• Proficiency in Kubernetes deployment, config and management (cloud and on‑prem).
• Hands-on with GitOps practices and tools.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and their Kubernetes services.
• Experience with Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Solid understanding of containers (Docker, ContainerD, Helm).
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and automation tools.
• Excellent problem solving and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Tooling development to generate manifests and reduce manual copy/paste errors.
• Deploy, configure and maintain Kubernetes clusters with high availability and security.
• Set up robust monitoring and alerting (Datadog) and troubleshoot incidents.
• Implement security practices, audits, and regulatory compliance.
• Document Kubernetes configurations and best practices.
• Collaborate with application teams to streamline deployment and management.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

GitOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related

Tools

Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/RKE)

Docker

ContainerD

Helm

CI/CD tooling

Git

Job description

Apex Fintech Solutions is hiring a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our DevOps and SRE team. You will design, deploy, and maintain automation for Kubernetes clusters, enabling seamless deployment of applications. You will work with development teams to improve tooling and reliability across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role emphasizes tooling, security, monitoring, and strong collaboration in a fast‑growing fintech setting, with hybrid work and a focus on scalable infrastructure.