Hiring: Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud & Developer Platforms (Kubernetes Required) Company: Guardian Life Location: Holmdel, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 07:43:24 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : CI/CD, Docker, EKS, Event-Driven, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Groovy, Helm, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Lambda, Linux, Node.js, Python, Serverless, Shell, Step Functions, Systems Design, Terraform About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or closely related roles. Required Skills: •A Lead-level senior individual contributor reporting into platform leadership with strong hands-on expertise in Amazon EKS, combined with broad engineering depth across cloud platforms, automation, and systems troubleshooting. •A technical authority and escalation point who enforces platform standards across production, non-production, and disaster recovery environments, using automation, guardrails, and repeatable practices. •Comfortable operating with autonomy and sound judgment under ambiguity, applying operational data, platform maturity signals, and architectural principles to guide decisions. •A pragmatic "get-things-done" engineer who can move fluently between platform design, scripting, debugging, and incident response. •Complement deep EKS ownership with generalist platform responsibilities, including: •Designing and maintaining automation and scripting solutions •Debugging Linux-level, container, and networking issues •Improving system reliability through tooling and standards Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!