Senior Integration Engineer

Join a forward-thinking organization at the forefront of technological innovation, where your expertise will directly shape the future of cloud-native infrastructure. We are seeking a visionary Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, build, and operation of enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms, empowering development teams to deploy and run applications with unparalleled efficiency and reliability. This is an exciting opportunity to serve as a technical leader, drive complex initiatives, and make a significant impact on our evolving technology landscape, transforming how we deliver critical services and solutions.

**About the Role**

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be a pivotal force in architecting and implementing cutting-edge cloud-native solutions. You'll take ownership of our scalable Kubernetes platforms, leveraging your deep technical knowledge to optimize performance, ensure high availability, and foster a culture of innovation. Your contributions will directly enhance developer experience, streamline operations, and solidify our position as a leader in technological advancement.

**What You Will Do**

* Design, build, and maintain scalable Kubernetes platforms that enable efficient and reliable deployment of containerized applications.

* Lead the architecture and implementation of cloud-native solutions utilizing Kubernetes, cloud services, and infrastructure as code.

* Develop and maintain Terraform modules and configurations for provisioning and managing Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure, and related platform services.

* Drive platform engineering efforts, both independently and by guiding team members through complex technical challenges.

* Champion the adoption of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud technologies to continuously improve platform capabilities and developer experience.

* Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.

* Proactively expand technical knowledge in emerging Kubernetes features, cloud services, and cloud-native technologies.

* Take ownership of platform services and infrastructure at scale, making informed decisions on modernization and optimization of the platform architecture.

* Implement and maintain robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for containerized workloads and platform health.

* Support platform releases and critical incidents, ensuring operational continuity.

* Collaborate with security teams to implement and maintain best practices for containerized and cloud environments.

**What You Bring**

**Must-Have Qualifications**

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

* Minimum of three years of production Kubernetes experience.

* Minimum of three years of cloud engineering experience.

* Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform required).

* Proven experience designing and operating containerized systems at scale.

**Nice-to-Have Qualifications**

* Five years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments, including cluster administration, troubleshooting, and optimization.

* Extensive cloud expertise including managed container services, compute, networking, identity, storage, monitoring, and load balancing services.

* Advanced Terraform experience, including designing and implementing infrastructure as code strategies, creating reusable modules, and managing complex cloud infrastructure.

* Deep knowledge of container technologies, container networking, service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd), and container security best practices.

* Hands-on experience with common Kubernetes controllers and cloud-native projects such as cert-manager, external-dns, cluster-autoscaler, ingress controllers, policy engines, or similar tools for platform automation and management.

* Advanced platform engineering skills, including the ability to determine platform architecture and design strategies, implement automated testing and validation, use monitoring and feedback loops to ensure platform reliability, and maintain high availability of production systems.

* CI/CD pipeline experience with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Flux, or similar for automated deployment of containerized applications.

* Experience with microservices architectures and supporting infrastructure, including API gateways, service discovery, and distributed tracing.

* Proficiency with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack, Datadog, or similar monitoring and logging platforms.

* Experience with Helm charts and Kubernetes operators for application deployment and management.

* Strong understanding of networking, including Kubernetes networking models, CNI plugins, ingress controllers, and cloud networking services.

* Experience working with highly collaborative, Agile teams in a DevOps or platform engineering capacity.

* Eagerness and willingness to learn new cloud-native technologies and stay current with the Kubernetes ecosystem.

* Strong problem-solving skills, utilizing data, metrics, and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to complex infrastructure challenges, and adept at making architectural decisions with broad implications.

* Exceptional communication skills, capable of explaining complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, documenting architecture clearly, collaborating effectively across teams, and providing constructive feedback.

* Advanced leadership skills, demonstrating ownership, inspiring and motivating team members, and influencing technical decisions across the organization.

**About Aquent Talent:** Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits! Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $53 to $59. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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