Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes Statestreet · Burlington Massachusetts · Platform & Infrastructure

Charles River Development is looking for an experienced Cloud Native Platform Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for automating and streamlining our operations and processes, building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations as well as troubleshooting and resolving issues in our development, test, and production environments. Our ideal candidate is proficient with Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms.

They should also be familiar with the software development lifecycle and have a deep understanding of modern Dev Ops tools and practices.

The successful candidate will partner closely with internal engineering teams, architects, product leaders, and external clients to ensure platform solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with both business objectives and emerging technology trends.

• Design, build, and operate enterprise-grade Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platforms supporting mission-critical workloads
• Manage multi-cluster and multi-region AKS deployments with high availability and disaster recovery strategies
• Own platform lifecycle management including version upgrades, patching, node pool management, and cluster hardening
• Define and enforce standardized AKS architecture patterns across environments (dev, non-prod, prod)

• Partner with application teams to onboard and modernize workloads into containerized, cloud-native architectures
• Enable scalable, resilient deployments using microservices, API‑first, and event‑driven patterns
• Support integration across enterprise systems (including hybrid/on‑prem connectivity where required)

• Implement Git Ops‑based deployment models using tools like ArgoCD for consistent and auditable releases
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines on Azure Dev Ops / Git Hub Actions for Kubernetes workloads
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform (preferred) for Azure resources and AKS provisioning
• Automate operational workflows including cluster provisioning, scaling, and recovery

• Design and maintain platform observability frameworks using:
• Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Elasticsearch
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics
• Open Telemetry (where applicable)
• Ensure proactive monitoring of cluster health, application performance, and infrastructure metrics
• Drive incident management practices, root cause analysis (RCA), and continuous reliability improvements
• Define and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and platform health KPIs

• Implement secure AKS architectures including:
• Azure CNI / networking models
• Private clusters, network policies
• Identity (Managed Identity, Azure AD integration)
• Enforce container security and runtime protection (image scanning, policy enforcement)
• Integrate with Azure Key Vault for secrets management
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance standards

• Lead complex troubleshooting across Kubernetes, Azure infrastructure, and network layers
• Drive cost optimization and capacity management (Fin Ops practices) for AKS and Azure resources
• Serve as a bridge between Cloud Platform Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Business teams.
• Provide thought leadership on cloud native platforms, operating models, and platform governance.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in cloud engineering organization, with platform engineering experience, or solution architecture roles.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes, containers, and distributed systems
• Strong expertise in…