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Platform Engineer – Kubernetes

Fintal Partners
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/13/2026

Our client’s Platform Engineering group speeds up how technology teams work by offering self-service tools, services, documentation and support. The team designs, builds and runs the core runtime platforms that the firm’s software relies on, with the goal of simplifying development, creating a consistent technical foundation across regions, and giving engineers what they need to innovate quickly.


This global team sits between application development and production operations, removing friction so engineering teams can deliver smoothly and keep moving forward.


What You’ll Do:

  • Build, run and maintain highly available, high-performance on-prem Kubernetes clusters
  • Deploy and manage containerized applications on Kubernetes with in-house tooling
  • Work with engineering teams to design and build CI/CD pipelines for on-prem environments
  • Monitor, debug and tune clusters for reliability and performance
  • Apply on-prem Kubernetes security best practices, including RBAC, network policies and secrets management
  • Write automation to manage infrastructure and keep environments consistent across clusters
  • Optimize the storage and networking setups that support the clusters
  • Own cluster upgrades, backups and disaster recovery planning
  • Keep up with Kubernetes and on-prem infrastructure developments and bring useful updates into the environment


What You’ll Bring:

  • 3 years of hands-on Kubernetes experience, ideally on-prem
  • Deep knowledge of containerization and orchestration
  • Experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong grasp of Kubernetes security best practices
  • Solid scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python)
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes storage and networking
  • Able to diagnose and fix complex problems quickly
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

Salary : $250,000 - $400,000

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