Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer Lead

Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer Lead for their Durham, NC location.
 
Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate production grade Kubernetes platforms in regulated environments
• Improve system reliability through automation, thoughtful design, and continuous iteration
• Define and drive SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to guide reliability decisions
• Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines that are secure, scalable, and easy to use
• Implement robust observability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and OpenTelemetry
• Reduce operational toil by automating repetitive processes and improving workflows
• Partner with security and compliance teams to meet FedRAMP High, DoD IL5, NIST, STIG, and RMF requirements
• Support ATO processes including documentation, controls implementation, and audit readiness
• Participate in on call rotations supporting customer requests and paging alerts
• Participate in incident response, blameless postmortems, and continuous improvement efforts

• 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Proven experience designing and operating enterprise Kubernetes platforms in production.
• Experience working within highly regulated cloud environments supporting security and compliance requirements.
• Kubernetes (GKE / AKS / EKS) – Production grade, regulated environments
• CI/CD & Automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitOps)
• FedRAMP High / IL5 Compliance & Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry)
• 10–14 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
• Strong hands on experience running Kubernetes in production (EKS, AKS, GKE, or upstream)
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, Linux systems, and networking fundamentals
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform preferred
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Python and Go
• Experience building or operating observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK)
• Working knowledge of compliance frameworks including NIST 800 53, STIGs, and RMF

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities