Staff Engineer IT (Cloud Platform Engineering)
Core
Design, build, and operate a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform on AWS using GitOps and Infrastructure as Code to enable development teams.
Role type
Staff Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineering
Builds
Production-grade EKS clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling for internal developer platforms
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, DevOps
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, AWS (VPC, IAM), GitOps (Argo CD), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Observability (Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana), Security Policy (Cilium, Kyverno), Karpenter
Preferred skills
CKA/CKAD/CKS certifications, AWS Solution Architect/DevOps Engineer Professional certifications, Crossplane concepts
Technologies
AWS, EKS, Karpenter, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Cilium, Kyverno
Responsibilities
Provision and operate production EKS clusters with autoscaling patterns; Build and maintain GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines; Tune platform capabilities for reliability, performance, and cost efficiency; Implement secure-by-default cluster patterns and policy controls; Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions during on-call rotations
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with leadership and mentoring responsibilities