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Keep the engine running on a complex Kubernetes environment! As a Kubernetes Platform Engineer, you will operate and maintain AWS EKS clusters supporting 300+ applications across production, staging, and sandbox environments.
Position Description: The Kubernetes Platform Engineer supports the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of AWS EKS clusters including cluster lifecycle, node operations, add-on version compliance, namespace administration, Istio service mesh operations, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)-driven configuration.
Minimum/General Experience: 3 years of experience in Kubernetes platform engineering and managing AWS EKS clusters in production environments
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information technology, systems engineering, or related field
Essential Skills/Qualifications:- Excellent experience managing AWS EKS clusters including managed node groups, Fargate profiles, cluster upgrades, add-on lifecycle management, and multi-cluster operations at enterprise scale
- Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations including namespace administration, resource quotas, limit ranges, pod disruption budgets, HPA/VPA, and cluster autoscaler configuration
- Excellent ability to detect and remediate node failures within 30 minutes using cordon, drain, and replace procedures
- Excellent experience with Istio service mesh operations including control plane management, mTLS enforcement, traffic management, virtual services, and sidecar injection policy on EKS
- Excellent experience implementing and maintaining 100% IaC governance using Terraform for all cluster configuration
- Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes add-on lifecycle including CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI, AWS Load Balancer Controller, and EBS/EFS CSI drivers
- Above average experience with Kubernetes monitoring and observability including Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, log aggregation, and distributed tracing
- Working knowledge of EKS multi-region deployment patterns including cluster federation and cross-region service discovery
- Experience supporting a federal agency
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
General Physical Requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on the location of the assignment.
- Assignment Location - Remote
- Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
- Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
- Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
- Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.
Security: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years
Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:
- Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
- OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
- DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
- National Agency Check (NAC) records
- FBI name check
- FBI fingerprint check
- Credit report check
- Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
- Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
- Law enforcement check
- Court records check
- Education check - Attendance and Degrees
Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to:- Operates and maintains all AWS EKS clusters across production, staging, and sandbox
- Detects and remediates node failures within 30 minutes using cordon, drain, and replace
- Manages EKS cluster add-on lifecycle ensuring 100% of add-ons (e.g., CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI, AWS Load Balancer Controller, EBS/EFS CSI) remain within one minor version of the EKS cluster version with no EOL/EOS components in production
- Implements and maintains 100% IaC governance using Terraform for all cluster configuration and namespace management
- Prohibits manual production changes except through approved break-glass procedures
- Performs weekly drift detection
- Manages Istio service mesh operations including control plane upgrades, mTLS policy enforcement, traffic routing, and sidecar injection governance
- Configures and maintains autoscaling policies ensuring no production workload experiences resource saturation exceeding 80% for more than 5 minutes
- Participates in daily Change Control Board (CCB) meetings for all Kubernetes cluster and namespace changes
- Conducts post-implementation validation within 2 hours of each production change
- Ensures all platform components are integrated with centralized logging and monitoring
- Ensures no platform change is implemented without sufficient post-deployment production testing
- Supports the Scheduling Event Bus delivery by providing Kubernetes infrastructure design, namespace provisioning, and operational support for event-driven workloads
- Contributes EKS cluster health metrics, add-on compliance status, node utilization data, and incident reports to the Monthly Maintenance Report
Compensation & Benefits: The annual projected pay range for this position is $66,923 - $110,863 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location.
Oxley Enterprises, Inc. offers a full array of benefits including:
- Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.
- Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.
- Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.
- Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
- 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.
