Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer Lead

Our Client, an IT Services and Consultant company, is looking for a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer Lead for their Remote location.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate production-grade Kubernetes platforms in regulated environments
• Improve system reliability through automation, thoughtful design, and continuous iteration
• Define and drive SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to guide reliability decisions
• Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines that are secure, scalable, and easy to use
• Implement robust observability (metrics, logs, traces) to make systems understandable and actionable
• Reduce operational toil by automating repetitive processes and improving workflows
• Partner with security and compliance teams to meet FedRAMP High and IL5 requirements without sacrificing developer velocity
• Support ATO processes, including documentation, controls implementation, and audit readiness
• Participate in on-call rotations supporting customer requests and paging alerts
• Participate in incident response, blameless postmortems, and continuous improvement efforts
• Help shape a platform that engineers enjoy using

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
• Strong experience running Kubernetes in production (EKS, AKS, GKE, or upstream)
• Hands-on experience working in FedRAMP High and/or DoD IL5 environments
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, Linux systems, and networking fundamentals
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD)
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Go)
• Experience building or operating observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK)
• Working knowledge of compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, STIGs, RMF)
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Familiarity with policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno)
• Experience with GitOps workflows
• Exposure to multi-cluster or hybrid cloud architectures
• Knowledge of FIPS-compliant systems or DoD Cloud SRG
• Relevant certifications (CKA, CKS, cloud provider certs, Security+)

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities