Senior Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Scale

APN Consulting, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Jersey City seeks a Senior Kubernetes/Container Platform Engineer to lead the development of a high-availability Kubernetes infrastructure. Candidates should have at least 15 years of experience and a deep knowledge of Kubernetes platforms (EKS, OpenShift), automation tools, and container security. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to design and manage middleware infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline cloud-native application deployment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall engineering experience required.
• 8+ years with Kubernetes platforms in production.
• Experience in managing streaming and caching infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure abstractions and APIs.
• Architect and manage Kubernetes platforms across environments.
• Enforce container security and policy governance.

Skills

Kubernetes platforms (EKS, OpenShift)

Automation (Helm, GitOps, ArgoCD)

Streaming and caching infrastructure (Kafka, Redis)

Container security and governance

Scripting languages (Python, Bash)

Tools

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

A technology consulting firm in Jersey City seeks a Senior Kubernetes/Container Platform Engineer to lead the development of a high-availability Kubernetes infrastructure. Candidates should have at least 15 years of experience and a deep knowledge of Kubernetes platforms (EKS, OpenShift), automation tools, and container security. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to design and manage middleware infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline cloud-native application deployment.