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Sr Infrastructure Engineer I (Kubernetes EKS Engineer)

Des Moines, IowaFull-time$105k–$165k2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and optimized Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS for containerized applications.

Role type

Senior IC infrastructure engineer (Kubernetes)

Builds

Production Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD integrations for containerized applications

Domain

Cloud infrastructure (AWS) and container orchestration

Required skills

Kubernetes (EKS), AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC), Terraform, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, microservices architecture, networking (load balancing, DNS, firewalls), monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana)

Preferred skills

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), GitOps workflows (ArgoCD)

Technologies

Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, Docker

Responsibilities

Design and deploy Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS; Integrate clusters with CI/CD pipelines; Automate management tasks using infrastructure-as-code; Monitor and optimize cluster performance; Implement security best practices (RBAC, network policies); Provide technical guidance and mentorship

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC