Senior Platform Engineer: AWS/Kubernetes Lead (Hybrid)

HK TECH; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

HK TECH seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to architect and build the AWS landing zone and Kubernetes platform for a HIPAA-regulated public-health data platform. The role is hybrid in Salt Lake City, Utah, with 40-hour weeks and a 1099 independent contractor engagement.

Lead the platform from code to production, owning the landing zone, Kubernetes cluster, and a cloud-native data model. Collaborate with security, architecture, and the State handover team to ensure tamper-evident audits and 99.9%

Qualifications

• 7+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Experience operating a regulated workload (HIPAA, FedRAMP, PCI).
• Hands-on with multi-account AWS environments and Terraform/OpenTofu.

Responsibilities

• Build AWS Organization as code with accounts, OUs, MFA, CloudTrail and Config.
• Design private VPCs, and secure connectivity patterns including PrivateLink and VPNs.
• Run EKS with Bottlerocket, Karpenter, and cost optimization for Kafka/Spark.
• Operate data services: Aurora PostgreSQL, MSK, S3 with Object Lock and cross-region replication.
• Own the delivery pipeline: GitHub Actions, OpenTofu plan/apply, Argo CD, Kyverno.

Tools

AWS

EKS

PostgreSQL

S3

OpenSearch

OpenTofu

GitOps

Keycloak

Karpenter

Job description

HK TECH seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to architect and build the AWS landing zone and Kubernetes platform for a HIPAA-regulated public-health data platform. The role is hybrid in Salt Lake City, Utah, with 40-hour weeks and a 1099 independent contractor engagement.

Lead the platform from code to production, owning the landing zone, Kubernetes cluster, and a cloud-native data model. Collaborate with security, architecture, and the State handover team to ensure tamper-evident audits and 99.9%