Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Intermedia Intelligent Communications•Statesboro, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role ensures a reliable, standardized Kubernetes runtime that integrates with the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), enabling application teams to deploy and operate services independently. This is a generalist platform role with shared operational responsibility and a strong focus on automation, standardization, and reliability.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience operating production Kubernetes environments.
Experience with on-premises, VM-based infrastructure.
Solid understanding of Kubernetes internals.
Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
Experience working with multiple cloud environments (at least one deeply).
Familiarity with Git-based workflows and GitOps tools.
Proven ability to troubleshoot distributed systems and production issues.

Nice To Haves

Experience with multiple managed Kubernetes services (EKS, GKE, AKS, OKE).
Experience running Kubernetes on-prem (bare metal or VM-based).
Exposure to observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, logging systems, Open Telemetry).
Exposure to ingress and traffic management.
Exposure to secrets and certificate management.
Prior experience integrating infrastructure platforms into an Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
Understanding of SRE concepts (SLOs, error budgets, incident response).

Responsibilities

Build, operate, and evolve Kubernetes clusters on-premises (VM-based) and in public cloud environments (AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS, Oracle OKE).
Own cluster lifecycle management, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and decommissioning.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform modules.
Automate cluster bootstrap and configuration.
Implement and operate GitOps workflows for platform components.
Integrate Kubernetes capabilities into the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), including standard cluster and namespace patterns, and approved ingress, secrets, and observability integrations.
Participate in a rotational on-call/support model for platform-level incidents.
Troubleshoot Kubernetes platform issues and improve reliability.
Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.
Collaborate with IDP, application support, infrastructure, and security teams.