ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions · 2 days ago
Platform Engineer IV– Kubernetes & Observability-Remote
ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions is a premier national provider of technology talent and solutions. As a Platform Engineer IV, you will be responsible for operating and evolving large-scale infrastructure platforms, focusing on Kubernetes, observability, and cloud platform reliability while mentoring engineers and guiding technical direction.
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Responsibilities
Own and evolve the Kubernetes control plane (EKS) and service mesh (Istio) at enterprise scale
Provide technical leadership for platform engineering and operations related to Kubernetes, observability, and cloud infrastructure
Lead tooling, support, and reliability practices for observability and logging platforms
Oversee EC2-based application deployment platforms and other mission-critical internal services in AWS
Drive infrastructure-as-code and automation practices to improve consistency, reliability, and upgrade velocity
Collaborate with infrastructure, engineering, middleware, and product teams to ensure platforms enable delivery
Mentor engineers through code reviews, best practices, and technical guidance without formal people management responsibilities
Plan and execute upgrades, patching, and platform improvements with minimal business disruption
Define and track operational metrics aligned with SRE principles, including availability, latency, and error budgets
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
7-10 years of experience in IT systems delivery, operations, and support in complex environments
3+ years leading technical engineering efforts or serving as a senior technical contributor
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS administration at scale
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Helm for infrastructure and platform management
Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including VPC, IAM, EC2, and EKS
Strong hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Cribl, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and New Relic
Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems administration in RHEL-based environments, including SELinux
Proven ability to bridge infrastructure and development teams
Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to lead by influence and technical expertise rather than authority
Preferred
Experience supporting SaaS platforms or high-transaction, high-availability systems
Familiarity with EC2 application deployment pipelines and replatforming efforts toward cloud-native architectures
Service mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd, or similar)
Background in metrics-driven reliability engineering (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets)
Scripting or programming experience (JavaScript, Python, or similar)
Company
ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions
ConsultNet is a talent solutions company that helps businesses solve complex challenges by integrating talent, technology, and scalable delivery models.