Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud & Developer Platforms; Kubernetes

Position: Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud & Developer Platforms (Kubernetes Required)
## Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud & Developer Platforms (Kubernetes Required)
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R## Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud & Developer Platforms###

Role Overview As a
** Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud & Developer Platforms**, you will design, build, and operate Guardian's enterprise cloud application platforms and automation ecosystems. You will own critical components of the Amazon EKS platform lifecycle while also acting as a broad platform generalist, supporting automation, system design, and operational tooling that enable application teams to deploy, operate, and scale production workloads safely and consistently.

This role balances deep Kubernetes platform ownership with versatile engineering skills across scripting, Linux systems, automation, Helm charts, CI/CD, and serverless workflows. The focus is on operational reliability, security-by-default patterns, and disciplined platform lifecycle management that accelerates developer productivity while reducing operational risk.###
** You Are
*** A Lead-level senior individual contributor reporting into platform leadership with strong hands-on expertise in Amazon EKS, combined with broad engineering depth across cloud platforms, automation, and systems troubleshooting.
* A technical authority and escalation point who enforces platform standards across production, non-production, and disaster recovery environments, using automation, guardrails, and repeatable practices.
* Comfortable operating with autonomy and sound judgment under ambiguity, applying operational data, platform maturity signals, and architectural principles to guide decisions.
* A pragmatic "get-things-done" engineer who can move fluently between platform design, scripting, debugging, and incident response.
** You Will
*** Complement deep EKS ownership with generalist platform responsibilities, including:  + Designing and maintaining automation and scripting solutions  + Debugging Linux-level, container, and networking issues  + Improving system reliability through tooling and standards  + Cluster and environment architecture  + Kubernetes and EKS version upgrades  + Node, AMI, and add-on lifecycle management  + Platform security controls and operational governance
* Design and operate CI/CD and automation pipelines for platform and infrastructure components using:  + Jenkins and Groovy  + Git Hub and Git Hub Actions  + Terraform  + Python and Shell scripting
* Lead the design and evolution of cloud platforms that support diverse workload patterns, including:  + Web services and APIs  + Long-running and background services  + Containerized workloads on Amazon EKS  + Serverless and event-driven workflows using AWS Lambda and Step Functions
* Embed validation controls, security gates, and safe promotion and rollback mechanisms directly into pipelines and workflows.
* Ensure platforms and workloads meet Guardian's observability standards by integrating with the enterprise observability and monitoring tooling, with telemetry and alerting aligned to workload criticality.
* Integrate approved security scanning tooling into delivery and platform pipelines for dependency and container image scanning.
* Act as a senior escalation point for platform-related production incidents, leading or contributing to root cause analysis and driving durable remediation.
* Partner closely with Application Engineering, Security Engineering, Observability, and Architecture teams to influence workload design, enforce secure-by-default patterns, and align with Guardian standards and future-state architecture.
* Mentor engineers and contribute to raising overall platform engineering, automation, and operational maturity.
** You Have (Must Have)
*** 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering, Dev Ops, SRE, or closely related roles.
* Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS, including real-world production operations and upgrades.
* Broad engineering depth beyond Kubernetes, including:  + Linux systems troubleshooting  + Container runtimes and Docker  +…