Senior EKS Platform Engineer

We are seeking a Senior EKS Platform Engineer to own autoscaling, policy governance and release automation for a Kubernetes estate running on Amazon EKS. This role covers pod and node autoscaling enablement, admission-time policy enforcement through Gatekeeper and OPA, and GitOps release management built on Argo CD and Terraform. Delivery is AWS cloud-native, with multi-architecture node pools and custom tooling in scope.

Responsibilities

• Enable and tune horizontal and vertical pod autoscaling so workloads track demand without over-provisioning
• Configure Karpenter provisioners for node lifecycle and right-sizing against workload requirements
• Validate autoscaling behavior across multi-architecture node pools spanning AMD64 and ARM64
• Author Gatekeeper constraints and constraint templates that enforce cluster policy at admission time
• Implement mutating admission configuration so policy defaults apply consistently across namespaces
• Operate GitOps release management through Argo CD, including promotion gates and automated rollback paths
• Maintain Terraform modules that provision cluster infrastructure and policy baselines reproducibly
• Extend custom tooling supporting the release process to reduce manual intervention

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Kubernetes
• Expertise in Karpenter for node lifecycle management and workload right-sizing
• Expertise in Argo CD and Terraform for GitOps release management and infrastructure automation
• Advanced knowledge of Open Policy Agent for admission-time policy enforcement
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AWS Cloud Development Kit
• Understanding of Argo Rollouts and Helm
• Background in CI/CD

We offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.