Lead Platform Infrastructure Engineer - Milpitas, CA, United States
$186,200 - $316,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
KLA is seeking a Lead Platform Infrastructure Engineer to build and automate the infrastructure powering applications within the Semiconductor Products and Customers business unit.
What you'll do
- Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters, automate environment builds, and improve platform reliability and monitoring. - Own architecture for the platform or major subsystems from end to end while guiding the work of other engineers. - Participate in technical design reviews and code reviews to streamline application deployment and service operations. - Automate infrastructure using infrastructure as code and configuration management tools.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related experience, or Master's degree with 6 years of related experience. - At least 4 years running production Kubernetes at scale, including cluster installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting beyond managed cloud services. - Linux administration expertise with networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VLANs) and storage concepts. - Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, or Helm. - Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go or Python preferred) and shell scripting. - Experience with containers, container image builds, registries, and CI/CD systems, alongside monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
Nice to have
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or equivalent certification. - Experience with on-premises and edge Kubernetes distributions (RKE2, k3s, OpenShift, or Rancher) and air-gapped installations. - Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V) and server/network hardware configuration. - Familiarity with GitOps tooling, service mesh (Istio or Linkerd), and policy engines (OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno). - Background running data-intensive or HPC workloads, including GPU scheduling, distributed storage, or SQL/NoSQL databases on Kubernetes. - Experience delivering software into semiconductor, manufacturing, or regulated industrial environments, plus exposure to public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
Skills: Kubernetes, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
|
Open roles in category
1009
|
Median days open
54 d
|
Median salary
$223k
|
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (1009 roles · 91 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 1009 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 209 | 6292 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 85 d | 54 d (+31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $223k |
Skills observed across this category: Kubernetes, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 282 open roles · median 53 d
- Qualcomm · 65 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 28 d
- Intel Corporation · 49 open roles · median 13 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 102 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 92 d
How we counted: 1009 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 91 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.