Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Remote)
The following states/districts are excluded from this job ad: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OR, PR, RI, VT, WA, WY Future Need - Actively Interviewing Location: Remote in any United States jurisdiction not excluded from this job advertisement. reputed company the reputed company running on a reputed company 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 reputed company improvement of AWS EKS clusters including cluster lifecycle, node operations, add-on version compliance, namespace administration, Istio service reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company 30 minutes using cordon, drain, and replace procedures Excellent experience with Istio service reputed company 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 reputed company cluster configuration Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes add-on lifecycle including CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI, AWS Load Balancer Controller, and EBS/EFS reputed company drivers Above average experience with Kubernetes monitoring and observability including reputed company, Grafana, reputed company, 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 reputed company 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. reputed company visual reputed company 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 reputed company elements. reputed company: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance U.S. Citizenship or Permanent reputed company 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 reputed company Investigations Index (SII) DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII) National Agency reputed company (NAC) records FBI name reputed company FBI reputed company reputed company Credit report reputed company Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers Law enforcement reputed company Court records reputed company Education reputed company - Attendance and Degrees Acceptable Credentials Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to: Operates and maintains reputed company AWS EKS clusters across production, staging, and sandbox Detects and remediates node failures reputed company 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 reputed company) remain reputed company one minor version of the EKS cluster version with no EOL/reputed company components in production Implements and maintains 100% IaC governance using Terraform for reputed company cluster configuration and namespace management Prohibits reputed company production changes except through approved break-glass procedures Performs weekly reputed company detection Manages Istio service reputed company 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 reputed company Kubernetes cluster and namespace changes Conducts post-implementation validation reputed company 2 hours of each production change Ensures reputed company 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 reputed company 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. reputed company. offers a full reputed company of benefits including: Medical, dental, reputed company 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. reputed company. is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), and woman-owned small business (WOSB) that has 26 years of experience building and delivering quality IT systems and programs. Oxley is ranked in the INC 5000 7 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Oxley is a 2019 - 2025 reputed company HIRE Vets reputed company Award Winner. Oxley is Virginia Values Veterans certified. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 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