Senior Platform Engineer – AKS/EKS

ASCENDING Inc.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer working on AWS cloud technologies for a national healthcare provider. Focusing on Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code within a remote setup.

Posted 6/25/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry trends related to payment systems and cloud computing
Design and implement microservices-based architecture using domain-driven design principles
Utilize Kubernetes for container orchestration and management, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability of the payment system
Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms to ensure system performance and availability
Develop highly resilient and highly available components for the payment system
Conduct technology evaluations and provide recommendations for new tools, technologies, and frameworks that can enhance our payment infrastructure
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong Kubernetes (K8S) experience required
6+ years of experience in rearchitecting large-scale monolithic applications to cloud-native architectures
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
4+ years of experience with cloud computing platforms with AWS and/or Azure including experience with serverless architectures, containers, and orchestration
Knowledge of payment industry standards, protocols, and security best practices
Must have worked in an AWS environment, working heavily with Kubernetes (EKS)/(AKS)
Must know security best practices for containers and clusters
Must know terraform well
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Mentorship from experienced professionals
Opportunities to build versatile skills across various fields
Commitment to diversity and inclusion

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Hard Skills & Tools

Kubernetesmicroservices architecturedomain-driven designcloud-native architectureAWSAzureserverless architectureInfrastructure as CodeTerraformpayment systems

Soft Skills

mentoringtechnical guidancecontinuous learningprofessional growth

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Software Engineering