Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

INSPYR Solutions is a technology and talent solutions company. They are seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer/SRE to maintain and enhance an Apache Ranger-based access control platform, build and operate Kubernetes infrastructure, and ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of large-scale data platform systems. The role also involves developing infrastructure-as-code solutions, monitoring tools, automation, and production-quality code while supporting customer environments and collaborating with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance Apache Ranger and related access control infrastructure while building, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters and workloads from scratch
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes pods and applications, including version upgrades and ongoing maintenance, while supporting customer environments and troubleshooting infrastructure and service-related issues
• Own the infrastructure/SRE/DevOps side of the service, focusing on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, use Kustomize to manage Kubernetes configurations and deployments, and work with Crossplane to provision and manage infrastructure through Kubernetes-native workflows
• Contribute to GitHub-based development and infrastructure workflows, help build and maintain Claude skills and tools that enable services to manage access control policies, and collaborate with engineering teams to automate access control and infrastructure management
• Build and troubleshoot infrastructure from the ground up
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of large-scale systems, developing tools and dashboards for monitoring and management
• Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to build, test, and maintain robust data platforms

Skills

• 3+ years of experience working with **large scale infrastructure systems** and **cloud environments**
• Proven ability to work in an agile environment, flexible to adapt to changes
• Experience with automation for infrastructure management
• Strong experience scaling, deploying, and operating Kubernetes
• Experience **spinning up Kubernetes clusters from scratch** and managing production Kubernetes environments
• Experience managing Kubernetes pods, deployments, upgrades/versions, and troubleshooting customer environments
• Experience managing Kubernetes **RBAC, security, and access controls**
• Experience developing, deploying, and managing services on Kubernetes using **Helm, Kustomize** , and similar tools
• Experience with advanced Kubernetes capabilities, such as **Operators, OPA policies, webhooks, and custom resources**
• Experience with the **Kubernetes networking ecosystem** , including **Cilium, ALB/NLB, Envoy, NGINX Ingress, certificate managers** , and related technologies
• Advanced Experience with **Infrastructure as Code tooling** (Terraform, Pulumi, **Crossplane** )
• Strong **GitHub/Git** -based development experience
• Fast learner and experience with IaC fundamentals and monitoring solution
• Programming experience in **Java** *(preferred)* or Golang or Scala
• Experience building Restful web services in Java
• Advanced experience with using Claude or AI for coding
• Crossplane is HIGHLY preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of experience working with **large scale infrastructure systems** and **cloud environments**
• Proven ability to work in an agile environment, flexible to adapt to changes
• Experience with automation for infrastructure management
• Strong experience scaling, deploying, and operating Kubernetes
• Experience **spinning up Kubernetes clusters from scratch** and managing production Kubernetes environments
• Experience managing Kubernetes pods, deployments, upgrades/versions, and troubleshooting customer environments
• Experience managing Kubernetes **RBAC, security, and access controls**
• Experience developing, deploying, and managing services on Kubernetes using **Helm, Kustomize** , and similar tools
• Experience with advanced Kubernetes capabilities, such as **Operators, OPA policies, webhooks, and custom resources**
• Experience with the **Kubernetes networking ecosystem** , including **Cilium, ALB/NLB, Envoy, NGINX Ingress, certificate managers** , and related technologies
• Advanced Experience with **Infrastructure as Code tooling** (Terraform, Pulumi, **Crossplane** )
• Strong **GitHub/Git** -based development experience
• Fast learner and experience with IaC fundamentals and monitoring solution
• Programming experience in **Java** *(preferred)* or Golang or Scala
• Experience building Restful web services in Java
• Advanced experience with using Claude or AI for coding

Nice to Haves

• Crossplane is HIGHLY preferred

Benefits

• 100% Remote (PST hours)