About the role
Senior Kubernetes Engineer
Open to NY/NJ/Rockville/Tysons
Core Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain production-grade Amazon EKS clusters architected for petabyte-scale data processing with high availability and fault tolerance
- Operate in air-gapped private VPC environments without internet access, managing secure package repositories and container registries
- Debug and resolve complex distributed systems issues across EKS, Karpenter, and Spark, including scheduling bottlenecks, node scaling delays, and cascading failures under heavy load
- Implement Karpenter consolidation and disruption policies balancing cost optimization with job resiliency
Preferred Qualifications
- Kubernetes certification (CKA, CKAD, or CKS) & AWS certifications
- Active contributions to open-source Kubernetes, Karpenter, or Spark projects
- Familiarity with FinOps practices and cost optimization at scale
Background in data engineering or analytics platforms