Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Vice President

The role

The engineer will design and improve Kubernetes architecture and manage core compute, network, and edge infrastructure. They will work with application and platform teams to onboard services and maintain consistent networking patterns.

What you will do

• Design and continually improve Kubernetes architecture
• Help operationally manage cluster lifecycle
• Work on projects integrating new self-hosted and SaaS services
• Work with developers to help design software architecture
• Manage Transit Gateway, Network Firewall and external connectivity
• Own architectural guidance for edge and traffic management including CDN, DNS, and TLS strategies
• Produce and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and architectural guardrails
• Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to ensure platform standards are adopted

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in platform, cloud, or infrastructure engineering roles, with demonstrated architectural responsibility
• Strong hands-on experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms in production environments
• Strong understanding of autoscaling strategies, node provisioning, and security on EKS
• Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure, including networking, security primitives, and managed services
• Expertise in cloud networking architecture patterns, including VPC design, routing, and planning for scale
• Strong understanding of ingress/egress, TGW design and private connectivity
• Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with influence across multiple teams as a leader
• Very Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Expertise in Kong or other API Gateways at a deep level
• 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
• Some experience with Python expected
• Certifications (AWS / Kubernetes) are a plus

Benefits

• Salary
• Equity for all full-time employees
• Annual performance bonus
• Employer matched retirement plan
• Generously subsidized healthcare
• 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling
• Parental leave
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)

About the company

iCapital is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.