What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kubernetes DevOps Engineer position at ExecutivePlacements.com?
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain on-premises Kubernetes clusters, including control plane setup, networking, storage integration, and node configuration.
- Partner with infrastructure teams to deploy, upgrade, and scale Kubernetes environments for high availability and performance.
- Design and optimize Jenkins pipelines for building, testing, containerizing, and deploying applications.
- Implement GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD for automated, pull-based deployments.
- Automate infrastructure and deployment tasks using Jenkins, Ansible, Python, or Bash.
- Maintain clear, reusable documentation for processes, pipelines, and deployments.
- Support application teams in securely containerizing and deploying workloads to Kubernetes.
- Configure and manage monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
- Monitor Kubernetes workloads and resource usage, and recommend performance optimizations.
- Enforce security best practices including RBAC, secrets management, and network policies.
- Troubleshoot issues across the full DevOps toolchain and drive root cause resolution.
- Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices using Terraform and Helm (preferred).
- Please Note: Candidates who advance to the final interview stage may be asked to participate in an in-person interview. Travel expenses will be covered
- This role is remote but may require occasional on-site attendance for meetings in one of our facilities in Tampa, Hartford or Overland Park, KS. If chosen for a final interview, an on-site interview may be required.
- Sponsorship is not available for this role (e.g., H-1B, F-1, OPT, CPT). All candidates must reside in the United States to be considered.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- 8-10 years of software engineering / Devops experience
- 5 years of experience working in AWS
- 3 years of hands-on experience architecting and building Kubernetes clusters (preferably on-prem).
- Strong knowledge of scripting and automation tools and strategies
- You have experience writing code to automate the management of IT/infrastructure services
- Proficiency in a programming language: Python, Groovy, Java, Javascript
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, VMWare.
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Git, Nexus, Artifactory.
- Experience with configuration and orchestration tools: Ansible, Terraform (required), CloudFormation.
- Familiarity with Linux and Windows server maintenance.
- Strong understanding of source code branching strategies and continuous integration.