LexisNexis

Senior Container Platform Engineer

LexisNexis

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: RaleighNorth CarolinaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $86,600 - $144,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade container platforms on AWS using EKS, ECS, and Fargate
  • Build and operate multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters with strong availability, scalability, and security
  • Implement GitOps workflows using Argo CD for automated, reliable deployments
  • Package and deploy applications using Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
  • Provision infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation with reusable modules and best practices
  • Automate cluster provisioning, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
  • Develop scripts and platform tooling using Go, Python, or Bash to enable automation, integrations, and operational efficiency
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for container workloads (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
  • Optimize resource utilization and cloud costs without compromising performance
  • Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortems for platform issues
  • Partner with development teams to design container-ready applications and CI/CD pipelines
  • Mentor engineers and promote platform engineering best practices
  • Drive adoption of cloud-native security, governance, and compliance standards

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in cloud-native infrastructure or platform engineering
  • Strong expertise with AWS services: EKS, ECS, Fargate, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and networking
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, networking, RBAC, and multi-tenant architecture
  • Hands-on experience with Argo CD, Helm, and GitOps practices
  • Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong knowledge of container security, scaling, and workload isolation
  • Solid scripting and programming experience (Go, Python, Bash, or similar) to build automation, platform services, and internal tools
Benefits
  • Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
  • Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
  • Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
  • Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSEKSECSFargateKubernetesGitOpsTerraformCloudFormationGoPython
Soft Skills
lead incident responsetroubleshootingmentoringpromoting best practices