Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud, Kubernetes, Java

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Senior Platform Engineer building and operating large-scale cloud-native infrastructure for Fidelity. Collaborating with a team to innovate and designing event-driven platforms.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeWestlake • Kentucky, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDockerFluxGoogle Cloud PlatformGradleGrafanaJavaJenkinsKubernetesMavenMicroservicesPrometheusSpringSpring BootSpringBootTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build, automate, and operate large-scale event-driven platforms
Apply a variety of technologies to deliver robust, self-service infrastructure and deployment pipelines
Collaborate with the Platform Engineering group within Fidelity’s Enterprise Technology organization
Design and operate large-scale, cloud-native infrastructure using cutting-edge technologies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor or Master Degree in a technology-related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.)
5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating production Kubernetes clusters (self-managed or managed services such as EKS, AKS, GKE)
Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals: workload scheduling, RBAC, network policies, Helm / Kustomize, Operators, and cluster autoscaling
Must have 3+ years of experience developing microservices with Java and Spring Boot
Strong understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, and event-driven design patterns
Experience containerizing and deploying Java applications to Kubernetes, including JVM tuning for container environments
Familiarity with build tooling (Maven, Gradle) and code quality practices (unit/integration testing, static analysis)
Strong experience with DevOps practices and tooling: CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD / Flux GitOps), Infrastructure as Code / IAC (Terraform or CloudFormation, Ansible), and container image management (Docker, container registries)
Proven ability to build and maintain self-service developer platforms and golden-path templates on Kubernetes
2+ years of experience operating workloads on Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including networking, IAM, and cost optimization
Strong knowledge of observability: metrics (Prometheus/Grafana), logging (ELK / OpenSearch), and distributed tracing
Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateway patterns
Solid experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban and SCRUM)
Strong technical design and analysis skills; ability to deal with ambiguity and work in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong collaboration skills across multiple teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional development opportunities
Health insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesJavaSpring Bootmicroservices architectureREST APIsevent-driven design patternsCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as CodeDockerobservability

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaboration skillstechnical design skillsanalysis skillsability to deal with ambiguitywork in a fast-paced environment

Certifications

Bachelor DegreeMaster Degree