Description
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Vice President to join our team. As a strong cloud architect, you will excel at both big-picture thinking and hands-on technical work. You will work on projects building or improving our core compute, core network, and edge infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, and web infrastructure skillsets.
Responsibilities:
- Design and continually improve Kubernetes architecture, and help operationally manage cluster lifecycle.
- Work on projects integrating new self-hosted and SaaS services, and help design software architecture.
- Manage Transit Gateway, Network Firewall, and external connectivity.
- Produce and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and architectural guardrails.
- Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to ensure platform standards are practical and well understood.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in platform, cloud, or infrastructure engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
- Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure, including networking, security primitives, and managed services.
- Strong understanding of ingress/egress, TGW design, and private connectivity.
- Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with influence across multiple teams.
- Very strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Expertise in Kong or other API Gateways.
- Experience directly managing Akamai in a production environment.
- Strong understanding of application design principles.
- Some experience with EKS standards such as Bottlerocket, Karpenter, Auto-mode.
- A software engineering background is helpful, and some experience with Python expected.
- Certifications (AWS / Kubernetes) are a plus but not required.
Benefits:
- The base salary range for this role is $130,000 to $160,000 depending on level.
- iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus.
- Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).
- Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.