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# Sr Infrastructure Engineer II (Senior Kubernetes EKS Engineer)

- **Company:** Principal Financial Group
- **Location:** Des Moines, IA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $127,000.0 - $170,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Load Balancing, System Availability, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, AWS EKS, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A103E51387564B89ADE2E43D021A9EDB/job/

## About the Role

* Associate's or bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) and 8+ years' work experience or equivalent experience
 * 2+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes, ideally with AWS EKS
 * Expertise in container orchestration, microservices architecture, and Docker
 * Strong proficiency with AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC
 * Experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or a related field
 * Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
 * Proficiency in Helm for running Kubernetes applications
 * Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools (e.g. ArgoCD)
 * Solid understanding of Kubernetes security, including RBAC, network policies, and secrets management
 * Proven knowledge of networking concepts, including load balancing, DNS, and firewalls
 * Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
 * Familiarity with agile and DevOps methodologies

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

 * AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
 * Familiarity with GitOps workflows using ArgoCD
 * Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

## Description

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer II (Senior Kubernetes EKS Engineer), you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and management of Kubernetes clusters on AWS using Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). You will work closely with our DevOps, development, and security teams to ensure that our cloud infrastructure is highly available, secure, and optimized for performance., * Design, deploy, and lead Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS

 * Integrate with CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications
 * Automate Kubernetes management tasks using Helm, Terraform, and other infrastructure-as-code tools
 * Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Kubernetes cluster performance and resource allocation
 * Implement security best practices for EKS, including role-based access control (RBAC) and network policies
 * Collaborate with development and operations teams to integrate Kubernetes into the software development lifecycle
 * Run cluster scaling, upgrades, and capacity planning for production environments
 * Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness of critical applications running on Kubernetes
 * Develop and maintain documentation for Kubernetes architecture, processes, and best practices
 * Provide technical guidance and mentorship

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to build solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure!


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