Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Job Responsibilities & Activities:

* Improve and maintain the platform's core capabilities and service levels

* Improve and maintain the platform's monitoring and alerting systems

* Improve and maintain the platform's security posture

* Troubleshoot platform issues and solve problems where needed

* Leverage Agile methodology for the development and release of software





Job Overview:

A quick service restaurant is looking for 1 Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer and 4 Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineers that are highly skilled and can work independently to join their Kube team. This client leverages a modern, container orchestration platform to deliver cutting edge services to our 2500+ North American restaurants and customers. We need an experienced, passionate distributed systems lead engineer to build and operate a shared application platform and create core capabilities for our engineering teams to leverage. The Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineers will be responsible for implementing design patterns for our application platform, creating and managing CI/CD workflows, creating and managing Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to increase developer productivity, and working with are customers and partners to ensure our platform is healthy and secure. You will serve as a problem solver and expert software engineer. We need you to apply your technical experience to the design, development, and delivery of complex technical products. You will oversee the work on your team and contribute hands-on as a team member.

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field

* 5 years' experience

* Experience building and supporting systems deployed to cloud provider (preferably AWS)

* Experience with container orchestration platforms (preferably Kubernetes)

* Experience with Docker and/or other container runtimes

* Experience with CI/CD pipelines and testing automation (preferably GitHub Actions)

* Experienced in software engineering (preferably Golang, Python, Java, and/or similar languages)

* Passion for fast-paced, high-quality, agile delivery

* 6-8 years of experience

* Experience operating Amazon's Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

* Experience creating and maintaining Kubernetes network policies

* Experience creating and maintaining Kubernetes CRDs

* Experience creating and maintaining helm charts and/or kustomize templates

* Experience creating and maintaining Kyverno policies

* Experience operating ArgoCD

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.