Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer — Multi-Cloud & GitOps Lead

Katalyst CRO; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Katalyst CRO in Washington DC seeks an experienced Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to architect and secure multi-cloud Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS/AKS) across AWS and Azure. Lead GitOps automation with ArgoCD and ARC, build hardened IaC modules, and drive progressive delivery in a high-standards enterprise setting.

You will champion platform reliability, define ADRs, enforce policy-as-code, and enable cross-functional teams to deliver software safely, continuously, and efficiently.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in DevOps/SRE or Infrastructure with 5+ years on Kubernetes at scale.
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Azure AKS, ArgoCD, ARC, Terraform and GitOps.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Multi-Cloud Strategy: design, build, maintain production EKS/AKS standards and cross-cloud networking.
• GitOps & CI/CD Engineering: architect enterprise GitOps with ArgoCD and ARC to automate releases and progressive delivery.
• Governance, Guardrails & Security: enforce RBAC, network policies, policy-as-code with Kyverno/OPA.
• DX & Golden Paths: publish hardened base images and reusable Terraform modules for self-service platform capabilities.
• Reliability & Observability: define SLOs, error budgets, integrate automated quality gates and security scans.
• Technical Leadership: mentor teams and author ADRs to clarify design trade-offs.

Skills

Kubernetes

Multi-cloud architecture

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Security & RBAC

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

ArgoCD

GitHub ARC

Terraform

Job description

Katalyst CRO in Washington DC seeks an experienced Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to architect and secure multi-cloud Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS/AKS) across AWS and Azure. Lead GitOps automation with ArgoCD and ARC, build hardened IaC modules, and drive progressive delivery in a high-standards enterprise setting.

You will champion platform reliability, define ADRs, enforce policy-as-code, and enable cross-functional teams to deliver software safely, continuously, and efficiently.