Kubernetes Engineer Lead

Kubernetes Engineer Lead

Lead the design, build, and operations of enterprise Kubernetes platforms with a focus on reliability, automation, and security.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage enterprise Kubernetes platforms
• Administer EKS Anywhere across the full cluster lifecycle
• Implement GitOps using Argo CD and Helm (including ApplicationSets/App-of-Apps patterns)
• Build platform automation and self-service capabilities
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Implement monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing
• Manage Kubernetes security, secrets, and policy enforcement
• Support AWS cloud infrastructure modernization
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence

Required Skills

• Enterprise Kubernetes platform operations and cluster lifecycle management
• Kubernetes: EKS Anywhere, Cluster API (CAPI), eksctl-anywhere, cluster/workload concepts, node replacement, scaling, troubleshooting
• Networking/storage: kube-vip, HAProxy, LoadBalancer services, StorageClass, PV/PVC
• GitOps & deployment: Argo CD, GitOps, Helm, ApplicationSets, Sync policies
• IaC & automation: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud & infrastructure: AWS Cloud
• Programming/scripting: Go, Python, Bash
• OS: Linux administration
• Observability: OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus
• Security: HashiCorp Vault, Vault integration, Sealed Secrets, Trust Manager, image security policy enforcement
• Platform/cluster organization: Rafay Platform concepts (blueprints/fleets), namespace/environment/policy management (where applicable)

Preferred / Nice-to-Haves

• Kubernetes Operators & Controllers development
• Event-driven automation, serverless technologies
• AI-assisted operations and operational automation
• Platform engineering best practices, capacity planning
• Root cause analysis (RCA), incident management, performance tuning
• Enterprise governance and internal developer platforms
• Rafay and Harness experience
• Multi-account AWS architecture
• Self-service platform engineering and cloud-native platform modernization

Experience

• 8+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering
• Extensive experience managing enterprise production Kubernetes environments
• Experience supporting mission-critical, highly available platforms

Location / Work Style

• Miami, FL (Remote listed)