Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer

📋 Description Estate Discovery: Build a complete baseline of a multi-cluster production EKS estate, covering Blast Radius & Architecture: Analyze failure domains, isolation boundaries, and dependency Upgrade Automation: Design and implement an upgrade approach (in-place vs. blue/green clusters Compute & Capacity Strategy: Lead instance sizing and workload-fit analysis across instance Graviton Migration: Plan and drive a phased ARM64 migration across Java, Go, PHP, and Python Karpenter Engineering: Configure NodePools, weights, and node overlays so scheduling favors 🎯 Requirements Experience: 8+ years in DevOps, SRE, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering, including 4+ years EKS at Scale: Deep production experience with Amazon EKS at large scale (multiple production Cluster Upgrades: Hands-on ownership of EKS version upgrades across multiple production clusters Karpenter: Advanced production experience with Karpenter (v1+), including NodePools, disruption and Compute Fundamentals: Strong understanding of EC2 instance families and generations, CPU ARM64 / Graviton: Experience migrating production workloads to Graviton or other ARM64 platforms 🎁 Benefits 100% Remote Workplace Unlimited Paid Time Off Equity 401K with company contribution and sponsored healthcare Professional Growth: Access to training and certification programs