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Kubernetes Platform Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

As a Platform Engineer, you will take ownership of projects, design and implement cloud solutions ... Kubernetes (EKS and on-premise), Spark, Kafka, and other large-scale distributed databases • ...

Lead Platform Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$105K - $139K/yr

Lead Infrastructure Software Engineer (Platform Engineering): A leading Chicago-area enterprise is ... You'll work heavily with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and modern cloud ...

The Platform Engineer III role is part of the Edge ecosystem team in Global Technology ... Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and orchestration in edge or cloud environments

Work with Kubernetes manifests and operators for deploying and managing containerized workloads. Be well-versed in core Kubernetes resources such as ingresses, pods, secrets, and configmaps.

Work with Kubernetes manifests and operators for deploying and managing containerized workloads. Be well-versed in core Kubernetes resources such as ingresses, pods, secrets, and configmaps.

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Platform Engineer

Akuna Capital

Chicago, IL • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 23 days ago


Job description

Job Summary:
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm focused on collaboration and cutting-edge technology. As a Platform Engineer, you will take ownership of projects, design and implement cloud solutions, automate infrastructure, and work closely with various teams to improve efficiency and governance in a hybrid-cloud environment.
Responsibilities:
• Ensure cloud services are leveraged to their full potential (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and best practices are being followed
• Help manage our public cloud growth and continuously improve Akuna’s hybrid-cloud operating model
• Evaluate proposed solution architectures and provide recommendations
• Provision, configure, and monitor technologies such as Kubernetes (EKS and on-premise), Spark, Kafka, and other large-scale distributed databases
• Automate infrastructure management and development pipelines with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and GitLab
• Explore new technologies in the cloud-native/container ecosystem
• Work with Infrastructure and Development teams to monitor systems, clusters and cloud deployments to detect errors and monitor performance
• Adhere to the engineering mindset of creating and maintaining performant and reliable production systems
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles
• Deep experience deploying, operating, and scaling production Kubernetes platforms, including Amazon EKS
• Strong expertise designing and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS; experience with GCP is a plus
• Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including reusable module development, state management, and platform automation
• Experience building and operating highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms
• Strong knowledge of observability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational troubleshooting
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills in distributed production environments
• Proficiency in automation and scripting with Python, Bash, or similar languages
• Experience with cloud-native data services, including Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, and DynamoDB
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, and mentor engineers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering across engineering, operations, and business teams
• The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role
Preferred:
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification preferred
Company:
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in derivatives market-making. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Chicago, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.