Staff Engineer IT (Cloud Platform Engineering)

Cloud Implementation: Own drive the deployment of platform solutions with a strong emphasis on AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps driven workflows. Kubernetes Platform Engineering (EKS): Provision, upgrade, and operate production EKS clusters and core platform services in multi-tenant environments, including autoscaling patterns using Karpenter. GitOps CI/CD Enablement: Build and maintain GitOps workflows using Argo CD and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, enabling repeatable, audited delivery patterns. Optimization Performance: Continuously evaluate and tune platform capabilities and services to improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency for development teams. Observability: Build and maintain robust monitoring/alerting and recovery processes for platform services and components leveraging Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana. Security Policy: Implement secure-by-default cluster and workload patterns, including network and policy controls (e.g., Cilium and Kyverno), RBAC, and least-privilege access. Design Collaboration: Contribute to technical design docs and proposals; collaborate with Platform Architects for validation/approval and drive implementation through delivery. Operations On-call: Participate in a required on-call rotation, including potential 24/7 coverage; lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventative actions.

• 10+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree OR 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments; EKS strongly preferred
• 3+ years of leadership skills, with experience mentoring engineers, driving execution, and collaborating with crossfunctional stakeholders
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices (modules, state management, environment promotion, CI integration)
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, especially VPC/networking, IAM, and EKS-related services
• Strong understanding of GitOps and CI/CD concepts with practical experience using Argo CD and GitHub Actions
• Practical experience implementing and operating observability (metrics/logs/alerts) for platform services
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD; CKS a plus). Kubernetes certificates are highly desirable
• AWS certifications: Solution Architect Professional and/or DevOps Engineer Professional (highly desirable)
• Experience with Karpenter provisioning strategies, node consolidation, and cost/performance tuning
• Experience with policy-as-code tooling such as Kyverno (writing/enforcing policies, exceptions, rollout strategy)
• Experience operating Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana at scale (dashboards, alert tuning, SLOs)
• Exposure to Crossplane concepts for enabling self-service infrastructure (without requiring deep specialization)
• 4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree OR 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor's degree