Hybrid Senior Container Platform Engineer

at LexisNexis

• Job title: Senior Container Platform Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $86,600 - $144,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Grafana, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Python, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Raleigh, United States

About the role

• Senior Container Platform Engineer at LexisNexis leading design, build, and optimization of cloud-native application platforms with AWS and Kubernetes. Collaborating with DevOps, SRE, and Security teams for scalable, secure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade container platforms on AWS using EKS, ECS, and Fargate
• Build and operate multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters with strong availability, scalability, and security
• Implement GitOps workflows using Argo CD for automated, reliable deployments
• Package and deploy applications using Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
• Provision infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation with reusable modules and best practices
• Automate cluster provisioning, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
• Develop scripts and platform tooling using Go, Python, or Bash to enable automation, integrations, and operational efficiency
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for container workloads (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
• Optimize resource utilization and cloud costs without compromising performance
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortems for platform issues
• Partner with development teams to design container-ready applications and CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor engineers and promote platform engineering best practices
• Drive adoption of cloud-native security, governance, and compliance standards

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in cloud-native infrastructure or platform engineering
• Strong expertise with AWS services: EKS, ECS, Fargate, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and networking
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, networking, RBAC, and multi-tenant architecture
• Hands-on experience with Argo CD, Helm, and GitOps practices
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of container security, scaling, and workload isolation
• Solid scripting and programming experience (Go, Python, Bash, or similar) to build automation, platform services, and internal tools

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice