Senior Platform Engineer — Cloud-Native Kubernetes

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Kentucky

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Fidelity is seeking a senior platform engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale Kubernetes clusters and cloud-native infrastructure. You will own self-service developer platforms and golden-path templates while collaborating with Fidelity’s Enterprise Technology Platform Engineering team.

The role emphasizes strong Java/Spring Boot microservices, CI/CD maturity, and hands-on experience with cloud platforms and observability tooling.

Qualifications

Bachelor or Master Degree in a technology-related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.).
5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and operating production Kubernetes clusters (self‑managed or managed services such as EKS, AKS, GKE).
Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals: workload scheduling, RBAC, network policies, Helm / Kustomize, Operators, and cluster autoscaling.
Must have 3+ years of experience developing microservices with Java and Spring Boot.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, and event‑driven design patterns.
Experience containerizing and deploying Java applications to Kubernetes, including JVM tuning for container environments.
Familiarity with build tooling (Maven, Gradle) and code quality practices (unit/integration testing, static analysis).
Strong experience with DevOps practices and tooling: CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD / Flux GitOps), Infrastructure as Code / IAC (Terraform or CloudFormation, Ansible), and container image management (Docker, container registries).
Proven ability to build and maintain self‑service developer platforms and golden‑path templates on Kubernetes.
2+ years of experience operating workloads on Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including networking, IAM, and cost optimization.
Strong knowledge of observability: metrics (Prometheus/Grafana), logging (ELK / OpenSearch), and distributed tracing.
Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateway patterns.
Solid experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban and SCRUM).
Strong technical design and analysis skills; ability to deal with ambiguity and work in a fast‑paced environment.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong collaboration skills across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Build, automate, and operate large-scale event-driven platforms.
Apply a variety of technologies to deliver robust, self-service infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
Collaborate with the Platform Engineering group within Fidelity’s Enterprise Technology organization.
Design and operate large-scale, cloud-native infrastructure using cutting-edge technologies.