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ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions · 1 month ago

Platform Engineering Lead – Kubernetes & Observability-Remote

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityLead/Staff
date10+ years exp

ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide the evolution of their cloud platform and observability ecosystem. The role involves leading a team focused on delivering scalable container platforms and monitoring solutions within a fast-growing AWS environment.

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Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team responsible for Kubernetes (EKS) platform operations, observability services, and internal developer enablement tools
Drive modernization of container infrastructure—consolidating clusters, refactoring EC2 workloads, and eliminating remaining on-prem dependencies
Oversee the reliability and evolution of observability platforms, including centralized logging, tracing, and metrics solutions
Implement automation for environment provisioning, patching, and version rollouts using Terraform, Helm, and other IaC frameworks
Optimize platform scalability and cloud spend through right-sizing, resource governance, and performance tuning
Partner with development and product teams to ensure platform services enhance, not hinder, software delivery
Define and track operational health metrics (availability, latency, error rates) to drive continuous improvement
Champion DevOps and SRE best practices—reducing manual effort and increasing deployment confidence

Qualification

Kubernetes (EKS)AWS servicesTerraformObservability toolsLinux systems administrationScriptingReliability engineeringMentoringCommunication

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline—or equivalent experience
10+ years in infrastructure, systems engineering, or DevOps roles, including 3+ years in a technical lead or people-lead capacity
Deep hands-on experience managing Kubernetes (EKS) environments at enterprise scale
Solid background with AWS services (VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS), Terraform, Helm, and Linux systems administration
Strong familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, New Relic, or Cribl
Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and improving team performance through coaching and example
Clear communicator who can bridge discussions between infrastructure and application teams

Preferred

Migration of legacy workloads to containerized or serverless architectures
FinOps or cost-optimization initiatives in AWS environments
Exposure to service mesh frameworks like Istio or Linkerd
Experience with scripting or lightweight programming (Python, JavaScript, or similar)
Working knowledge of reliability engineering concepts (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets)

Company

ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions

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ConsultNet is a talent solutions company that helps businesses solve complex challenges by integrating talent, technology, and scalable delivery models.
dateFounded in 1996
location
South Jordan, Utah, USA
people-size201-500 employees
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http://consultnet.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Marnie Nuttall
Chief Financial Officer
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