Sr. Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Austin, United States
$124,600 - $231,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves defining, building, operating, and lifecycle-managing infrastructure, tools, and platforms for an organization to operate at scale, spanning on-premises and cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Design, build, operate, upgrade, and retire infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, focusing on reliability, security, cost, maintainability, and developer productivity.
- Operate and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms and supporting technologies, including cluster lifecycle, networking, ingress, storage, policy, virtualization, secrets, identity, observability, and cost visibility.
- Own and maintain CNCF and open-source platforms in production, covering troubleshooting, upgrades, automation, documentation, and internal enablement.
- Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD and GitOps pipelines for software and infrastructure.
- Build and operate observability platforms for metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerting, and service health using modern cloud-native tooling.
- Support development and implementation of AI/ML infrastructure and services.
What you'll need
- 5+ years in software development, DevOps, Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Platforms engineering, or a related field.
- Experience managing infrastructure lifecycle across on-premises data centers and public cloud, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, decommissioning, and operational automation.
- Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Salt, Chef, or similar infrastructure automation tools.
- Proficiency in at least one language, preferably Go, Python, Groovy, or Java.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and ecosystem technologies such as Talos Linux, Cilium, Gateway API, CSI, KubeVirt, Kyverno, Helm, and Kustomize.
- Experience operating observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc.; AWS certifications are a plus.
- Proficiency in Linux, Windows, and macOS system administration; Talos Linux experience is a plus.
- *Nix shell and PowerShell scripting experience.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, Artifactory, and GitOps-based deployment workflows.
- Experience with Vault, External Secrets Operator, OIDC, Keycloak, Okta, workload identity, and secrets lifecycle management.
- Experience with cloud and Kubernetes cost visibility, optimization, and tools such as OpenCost.
- Familiarity with AI and ML frameworks and tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
- CNCF Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS are a plus.
Skills: Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, cloud-native tooling, AI/ML infrastructure, observability platforms
This role has been open 17 days — well below the 53-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
923
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Silicon Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (923 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 923 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 28 | 6035 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 53 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, cloud-native tooling, AI/ML infrastructure, observability platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 255 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 60 open roles · median 60 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 30 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 86 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 76 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 15 d
How we counted: 923 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.