Senior EKS Platform Engineer

We are seeking a Senior EKS Platform Engineer to own autoscaling, policy governance and release automation for a Kubernetes estate running on Amazon EKS. This role covers pod and node autoscaling enablement, admission-time policy enforcement through Gatekeeper and OPA, and GitOps release management built on Argo CD and Terraform. Delivery is AWS cloud-native, with multi-architecture node pools and custom tooling in scope.

Responsibilities

• Enable and tune horizontal and vertical pod autoscaling so workloads track demand without over-provisioning
• Configure Karpenter provisioners for node lifecycle and right-sizing against workload requirements
• Validate autoscaling behavior across multi-architecture node pools spanning AMD64 and ARM64
• Author Gatekeeper constraints and constraint templates that enforce cluster policy at admission time
• Implement mutating admission configuration so policy defaults apply consistently across namespaces
• Operate GitOps release management through Argo CD, including promotion gates and automated rollback paths
• Maintain Terraform modules that provision cluster infrastructure and policy baselines reproducibly
• Extend custom tooling supporting the release process to reduce manual intervention

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Kubernetes
• Expertise in Karpenter for node lifecycle management and workload right-sizing
• Expertise in Argo CD and Terraform for GitOps release management and infrastructure automation
• Advanced knowledge of Open Policy Agent for admission-time policy enforcement
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AWS Cloud Development Kit
• Understanding of Argo Rollouts and Helm
• Background in CI/CD

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn