Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Lumen Solutions Group Inc•Washington, DC
•Remote
About The Position
Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to lead the architecture, engineering, governance, and operations of enterprise Kubernetes platforms across AWS, Azure, and hybrid cloud environments. The role focuses on building secure, scalable, reliable, and standardized platforms while enabling developer self-service and enterprise-wide CI/CD automation. The position is remote, with quarterly travel required for PI Planning in Washington, D.C., or Wilmington, Delaware.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related infrastructure engineering roles.
- 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes engineering experience.
- Strong experience designing, implementing, and managing Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise in Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, ArgoCD, GitOps, GitHub Actions Runner Controller (ARC), and Terraform.
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, security, governance, observability, and automation.
- Experience implementing enterprise CI/CD platforms and automated deployment workflows.
- Ability to establish platform engineering standards and collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
- AWS and/or Microsoft Azure certifications.
- Experience with service mesh technologies.
- Familiarity with Backstage or similar internal developer portal platforms.
- Experience working in regulated enterprise environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage enterprise Kubernetes platforms across AWS EKS and Azure AKS.
- Establish standards for cluster lifecycle management, networking, storage, and platform operations.
- Develop self-service platform capabilities to improve scalability and developer productivity.
- Establish and enforce Kubernetes security policies, RBAC, network policies, and Pod Security Standards.
- Implement policy-as-code solutions using Kyverno and/or Open Policy Agent Gatekeeper.
- Define multi-tenancy standards and governance controls for enterprise security and compliance.
- Implement and manage GitHub Actions Runner Controller (ARC) for enterprise CI/CD workloads.
- Establish standardized CI/CD pipelines, secure build processes, and deployment automation.
- Improve pipeline security, scalability, and reliability across development teams.
- Lead ArgoCD architecture, configuration, and enterprise adoption.
- Establish GitOps governance, application onboarding processes, and multi-cluster deployment patterns.
- Implement progressive delivery strategies and automated deployment workflows.
- Develop standardized Kubernetes architecture and operational practices across AWS and Azure.
- Design disaster recovery strategies and promote workload portability across cloud environments.
- Establish consistent cross-cloud platform management and operational standards.
- Define SLOs, error budgets, monitoring standards, and incident response practices.
- Improve platform reliability, availability, performance, and operational visibility.
- Establish proactive monitoring and troubleshooting practices for Kubernetes environments.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure automation solutions.
- Build standardized platform services, golden paths, and self-service tooling.
- Enable development teams to deploy and manage applications efficiently through secure, automated platform capabilities.
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