AWS Platform Engineer
Location: NYC, NY
Duration: 6+ months
Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable secure and highly available cloud platforms on AWS This role focuses on Kubernetes based platforms infrastructure as code cloud networking and shared platform services that enable application and AI teams to ship faster and more reliably You will work closely with application AI and security teams to provide a robust platform foundation while driving best practices around automation scalability and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design build and operate production grade Kubernetes platforms on Amazon EKS.
- Implement and manage event driven autoscaling using KEDA.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Build and manage Helm charts for platform and application deployments.
- Design and operate AWS networking components including VPCs load balancers routing and security groups.
- Manage EC2-based workloads and integrations alongside Kubernetes platforms.
- Implement and operate secrets management solutions HashiCorp Vault or equivalent.
- Design and support caching layers using Redis class technologies.
- Partner with security SRE and application teams to ensure reliability scalability and security.
- Experience using Python to build automation, platform tooling or operational workflows.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues across environments.
- Contribute to platform standards documentation and operational runbooks
MUST HAVE Qualifications:
- Strong hands on experience with Kubernetes on AWS EKS in production environments.
- Proven experience implementing autoscaling solutions including KEDA.
- Solid expertise in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management.
- Experience building and maintaining Helm charts Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure including.
- VPC design and networking Load balancers ALB NLB Hands on experience with secrets management using HashiCorp Vault or similar tools
- Experience designing and operating distributed caching systems Redis or Redis compatible technologies
- Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud networking and Kubernetes layers
- Experience working in a DevOps Platform SRE oriented environment STRONG PLUS Qualifications Experience with OpenShift self managed or managed offerings
Hands on experience configuring and managing BlueCat DNS.
Familiarity with enterprise networking and DNS architectures
