Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Remote)

Oxley Enterprises®, Inc. • Stafford, VA

4d • $66,923 - $110,863 • Remote

About The Position

Keep the engine running on a complex Kubernetes environment! As a Kubernetes Platform Engineer, you will operate and maintain AWS EKS clusters supporting 300+ applications across production, staging, and sandbox environments. The Kubernetes Platform Engineer supports the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of AWS EKS clusters including cluster lifecycle, node operations, add-on version compliance, namespace administration, Istio service mesh operations, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)-driven configuration.

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in Kubernetes platform engineering and managing AWS EKS clusters in production environments
• Excellent experience managing AWS EKS clusters including managed node groups, Fargate profiles, cluster upgrades, add-on lifecycle management, and multi-cluster operations at enterprise 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 within 30 minutes using cordon, drain, and replace procedures
• Excellent experience with Istio service mesh 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 all cluster configuration
• Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes add-on lifecycle including CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI, AWS Load Balancer Controller, and EBS/EFS CSI drivers
• Above average experience with Kubernetes monitoring and observability including Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, 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
• Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years

Responsibilities

• Operates and maintains all AWS EKS clusters across production, staging, and sandbox
• Detects and remediates node failures within 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 CSI) remain within one minor version of the EKS cluster version with no EOL/EOS components in production
• Implements and maintains 100% IaC governance using Terraform for all cluster configuration and namespace management
• Prohibits manual production changes except through approved break-glass procedures
• Performs weekly drift detection
• Manages Istio service mesh 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 all Kubernetes cluster and namespace changes
• Conducts post-implementation validation within 2 hours of each production change
• Ensures all 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

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level