Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer: Scale Secure Clusters

H-E-B; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

H-E-B Digital Technology is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate a distributed Kubernetes-based platform across on‑prem, cloud, and edge locations. You will drive automation, reliability, and security while mentoring engineers and shaping platform strategy.

The role emphasizes ownership, high‑quality code, and collaboration with infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver scalable experiences for customers and internal partners.

Qualifications

• A Computer Science degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Proficient in multiple programming languages, technologies, and frameworks.
• Advanced knowledge in system and data architecture, data modeling, and design patterns.
• Experience with common software engineering tools (e.g., Git, Jira, Confluence).

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and manage the lifecycle of a geographically distributed fleet of Kubernetes clusters supporting core business functions across on‑prem, public cloud, and edge locations.
• Develop platform capabilities and automation that simplify cluster provisioning, upgrades, configuration, security hardening, workload management, and day‑2 operations at scale.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, accelerate troubleshooting, and enhance platform automation.
• Apply Test‑Driven Development and Behavior‑Driven Development practices where appropriate to improve software quality and reliability.
• Implement and continuously improve security controls, encryption standards, secrets management, audit logging, and compliance‑aligned policies supporting production workloads, including PCI and HIPAA requirements.
• Define and measure SLIs/SLOs, establish effective monitoring and observability, evaluate cluster and platform health, optimize resource utilization, and drive performance and reliability improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform resilience, scalability, supportability, and developer experience through automation and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Work independently on complex technology initiatives with limited guidance while demonstrating ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Lead and mentor engineers in coding, configuration, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and platform engineering practices.
• Evaluate technical designs and recommend solutions that balance reliability, security, scalability, operational complexity, and business needs.
• Anticipate and communicate technical risks, blockers, dependencies, delays, and operational impacts before they require escalation.
• Collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, networking, security, application, and business teams to resolve issues and deliver capabilities that span multiple technology domains.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, and workflow definitions, and foster a culture of documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Recommend and drive improvements to engineering processes, standards, and tooling that increase team effectiveness and align with organizational and company goals.
• Contribute to platform strategy and roadmap development by identifying gaps, evaluating emerging technologies, and proposing enhancements that improve the platform and the teams that depend on it.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

Python

Linux

Networking

Security

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

CI/CD

Git

Jira/Confluence

Education

Computer Science degree or comparable training

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Lucid

OpenStack

Job description

H-E-B Digital Technology is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate a distributed Kubernetes-based platform across on‑prem, cloud, and edge locations. You will drive automation, reliability, and security while mentoring engineers and shaping platform strategy.

The role emphasizes ownership, high‑quality code, and collaboration with infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver scalable experiences for customers and internal partners.