Senior Platform Operations Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes)

TL;DR

Senior Platform Operations Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes): Building and operating the platform engineering function from the ground up with an accent on infrastructure automation, reliability, and scalability. Focus on managing EKS clusters, implementing GitOps workflows with ArgoCD, and designing comprehensive observability stacks.

Location: Fully remote within the United States

Salary: $172K – $195K

Company

hirify.global is a Series C price transparency platform for finance leaders across healthcare, building infrastructure for a more open and efficient healthcare marketplace.

What you will do

• Own and scale container environments on Amazon EKS using GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and GitHub Actions.
• Define and track SLIs/SLOs, lead incident response, and develop disaster recovery plans.
• Design and maintain monitoring and logging stacks using Datadog, Sentry, and CloudWatch.
• Collaborate on architectural decisions and build internal self-service tooling and workflows.
• Establish practices and standards for observability, reliability, and deployment across the engineering organization.

Requirements

• 6+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure, with 2+ years in a Senior role.
• Expertise in core AWS services (VPC, IAM, EKS, RDS) and cloud networking/security.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Crossplane.
• Experience running production Kubernetes clusters with Helm Charts and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).
• Ability to write Python scripts for automation and custom system workflows.
• Must be based in the United States.

Nice to have

• Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Python.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay with equity options and 401(k) with 4% matching.
• Comprehensive health care (Medical, Dental, Vision) with FSA, DCFSA, and HSA options.
• Unlimited PTO and flexible working hours.
• $750 work-from-home setup budget and $1,200 annual learning & development stipend.
• Paid biannual in-person company summits and quarterly co-hanging stipends.
• Generous paid family leave and monthly wellness benefit.