Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud-Native Infra (Kubernetes)

NV Energy; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MidAmerican Energy Company is building a modern software‑defined infrastructure platform to support the next generation of applications across the organization. This greenfield effort leverages open‑source technologies, Kubernetes, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices for reliability and repeatability.

The role focuses on designing, building, and operating foundational infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments with hybrid options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, CS, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Ten+ years in infrastructure/platform/site reliability roles.
• Strong experience with Linux systems and distributed infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure platforms across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Go, Python, or Java; use Terraform for provisioning.
• Deploy, upgrade, and maintain Kubernetes clusters and supporting infrastructure components.
• Implement monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry; participate in incident analysis.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure infrastructure resilience and access management.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

observability

Networking fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS or related field

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Ceph or similar storage

Job description

MidAmerican Energy Company is building a modern software‑defined infrastructure platform to support the next generation of applications across the organization. This greenfield effort leverages open‑source technologies, Kubernetes, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices for reliability and repeatability.

The role focuses on designing, building, and operating foundational infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments with hybrid options.