[Hiring] Platform Infrastructure Engineer @K1X

Role Description

We are looking for a Platform & Infrastructure Engineer to join a small, remote team responsible for building and maintaining the tools, processes, networking patterns, and standards that our engineering teams rely on. You will own Azure-based infrastructure — with a heavy emphasis on Azure Kubernetes Service — and work cross-functionally with product engineering teams to introduce changes, define standards, and understand their evolving needs.

• Design, build, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure, focusing on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
• Architect and operate infrastructure to support continuous availability, including zero-downtime deployments, automated rollouts, and scalable capacity management.
• Own system reliability and maintenance practices, including patching, upgrades, and configuration management across environments.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans, including documented runbooks and tested recovery procedures.
• Develop and document reusable tools, networking patterns, and infrastructure templates for engineering teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering teams on infrastructure changes and requirements.
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for fast, reliable, and secure delivery of workflows.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform for repeatable and auditable provisioning.
• Implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions, including Grafana dashboards and alerting.
• Manage identity and access using Microsoft Entra ID, applying least-privilege principles.
• Approach all infrastructure work with a security-first mindset, identifying risks and enforcing compliance.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders on infrastructure changes, timelines, and dependencies.
• Contribute to the team's knowledge base by creating runbooks, architecture documentation, and onboarding guides.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure in a production environment.
• Deep experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) — cluster management, networking, scaling, gitops, and day-2 operations.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, including VNets, NSGs, private endpoints, DNS, and ingress/egress patterns.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code — Terraform preferred.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling, particularly GitHub Actions.
• Comfort working in a small, remote team with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to work cross-functionally and explain technical decisions clearly.
• Security-conscious approach to infrastructure design and operations.
• Eastern or Central time zone required for team collaboration.

Skills That Set You Apart

• AKS Operations w/Gitops — experience using ArgoCD.
• Grafana — dashboard creation, alerting, and Azure resource monitoring.
• GitHub Actions with Blacksmith and Tailscale for secure and performant CI/CD workflows.
• Microsoft Entra ID — app registrations, managed identities, conditional access, and RBAC.
• Terraform — modules, remote state management, and environment-specific configurations.
• Experience building internal developer platforms or platform engineering tooling.
• Ability to identify and codify patterns that reduce toil for the broader engineering organization.

Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation Policy + Sick Time + Holidays.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Fully Remote Opportunity.
• Healthcare Benefits and 401K.
• Growing Startup to Scale Up Culture.