What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kubernetes Engineer position at Smart IT Frame LLC?
Role: Kubernetes Engineer
Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid)
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About Smart IT Frame:
At Smart IT Frame, we connect top talent with leading organizations across the USA. With over a decade of staffing excellence, we specialize in IT, healthcare, and professional roles, empowering both clients and candidates to grow together.
Must Have:
- k8s admin
- AWS fundamentals
- Splunk / datadog
Job Description/ Responsibilities:
- 4 years managing Kubernetes clusters in production (EKS preferred)
- Hands-on experience with GitOps tooling — Flux CD and/or Argo CD
- Proficiency writing Terraform modules and Helm charts
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
- Strong AWS fundamentals — VPC, IAM, EC2, MSK, EKS node groups
- Working knowledge of observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar)
- Comfort operating in Agile/sprint-based engineering teams
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Linkerd or other service mesh technologies
- Familiarity with Jsonnet or CUE for configuration management
- Hands-on FinOps or cluster cost optimisation experience (Kubecost, ScaleOps)
- Experience migrating ingress controllers at scale
- Amazon MSK administration and Kafka operations knowledge
- Okta or SSO/IdP integration experience
- Blue-green or canary deployment patterns for Kubernetes upgrades
- Familiarity with application architecture (Java and or Python)
📩 Apply today or share profiles at ajayjoshuva.p@smartitframe.com