Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skyline Technology Solutions is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the engineering, operation, and evolution of their on-premises Kubernetes and secrets management platforms. This role involves deep ownership of infrastructure, guiding architectural decisions, and improving platform reliability while collaborating across divisions to enable effective service delivery.
Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, operate, and scale Skyline’s on-premises Kubernetes platforms used to host shared services and application workloads across the organization
- Administer and improve Kubernetes cluster architecture, node lifecycle practices, platform reliability, and operational standards to support growth in workload scale and organizational dependence on the platform
- Lead the engineering and execution required to expand Kubernetes from its current footprint into a broader hosting model capable of supporting a significantly larger portion of Skyline’s server-based workloads
- Administer and enhance platform services related to PKI, certificate lifecycle management via Hashicorp Vault and Certmanager
- Design, implement, and maintain authentication and access patterns for platform and cluster services, including technologies such as OIDC, SAML, SCIM, OAuth2 Proxy, and related identity integrations
- Partner with engineering teams to guide the adoption of reliability and observability best practices
- Define and maintain operational standards for certificate issuance, renewal, trust distribution, and platform authentication services across shared environments
- Collaborate with Platform, Application, Security, and Infrastructure Engineering teams to ensure Kubernetes, PKI, and authentication services are embedded into architecture, operational workflows, and service delivery models
- Provide expert guidance on Kubernetes operations, workload placement, platform scalability, certificate management, authentication patterns, and production-readiness considerations
- Help guide internal adoption of platform services by translating technical platform capabilities into clear standards, operational practices, and engineering patterns for other divisions
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles supporting production environments
- Proven hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting Linux systems in production, including RHEL, Ubuntu, or similar enterprise distributions
- Demonstrated experience designing, operating, and supporting Kubernetes platforms in production environments
- Strong experience with containerization and workload orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker or other OCI-compatible runtimes
- Experience with infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent frameworks
- Experience supporting PKI services, certificate lifecycle management, TLS configuration, and trust distribution in enterprise environments
- Familiarity with identity and authentication patterns for modern platforms, including OIDC, SAML, SSO integrations, OAuth-based access patterns, or related technologies
- Experience designing or supporting highly available, security-conscious, and operationally mature infrastructure services
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across platform, application, security, and infrastructure teams and lead technical initiatives without direct authority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document standards, explain design decisions, and guide internal consumers of shared services
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- FSA Plan
- Paid Time Off
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Training & Tuition Assistance
- Disability & Life Insurance
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