Kubernetes – Senior Tech Architect

Job Title: Kubernetes – Senior Tech Architect
Work Location & Reporting Address: Richmond, VA 23219 (Onsite-Hybrid. Candidates willing to relocate to client’s locaation with be considered)


Must Have Skills:
⦁ Strong hands-on experience in GitHub Enterprise Cloud / GHECD administration, including enterprise account setup, organization structure, repository governance, project structure, and branching strategy.
⦁ Expertise in GitHub Actions CI/CD implementation, including workflow design, reusable pipeline templates, runner selection strategy, and validation across targeted technology stacks.
⦁ Experience with GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners, including Linux/Windows runners, OpenShift/ARO-based runner setup, Actions Runner Controller (ARC), runner lifecycle management, and autoscaling.
⦁ Strong knowledge of DevSecOps and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), including code scanning, secret scanning, dependency review, and security policy enforcement.
⦁ Experience in enterprise identity and access integration, including Okta SSO, SAML, MFA, SCIM provisioning, RBAC, role mapping, and access governance.
⦁ Hands-on experience integrating GitHub with enterprise DevSecOps tools such as OpenShift, CyberArk Conjur, Sonatype Nexus, Tosca, qTest, Playwright, Argo CD, ServiceNow, and Jira.
⦁ Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, and audit log streaming, including SIEM integration, Dynatrace/self-hosted runner monitoring, pipeline failure notifications, and ServiceNow ticket automation.

Nice to Have Skills:
⦁ Experience in application onboarding and CI pipeline migration, including onboarding repositories to GHECD and recreating CI pipelines using GitHub Actions.
⦁ Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, and audit log streaming, including SIEM integration, Dynatrace/self-hosted runner monitoring, pipeline failure notifications, and ServiceNow ticket automation.
⦁ Experience in CI/CD standardization and enterprise-scale templatization, including creating reusable templates, validating templates across runner environments, and supporting enterprise rollout.
⦁ Knowledge of performance and scalability validation for GitHub Actions runners, including runner performance, autoscaling behavior, and workload execution under load.
⦁ Ability to define and support operating model, documentation, enablement, go-live support, license/user scaling approach, and production readiness validation for enterprise adoption.

Detailed Job Description:
⦁ Strong hands-on experience in GitHub Enterprise Cloud / GHECD administration, including enterprise account setup, organization structure, repository governance, project structure, and branching strategy.
⦁ Expertise in GitHub Actions CI/CD implementation, including workflow design, reusable pipeline templates, runner selection strategy, and validation across targeted technology stacks.
⦁ Experience with GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners, including Linux/Windows runners, OpenShift/ARO-based runner setup, Actions Runner Controller (ARC), runner lifecycle management, and autoscaling.
⦁ Strong knowledge of DevSecOps and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), including code scanning, secret scanning, dependency review, and security policy enforcement.
⦁ Experience in enterprise identity and access integration, including Okta SSO, SAML, MFA, SCIM provisioning, RBAC, role mapping, and access governance.
⦁ Hands-on experience integrating GitHub with enterprise DevSecOps tools such as OpenShift, CyberArk Conjur, Sonatype Nexus, Tosca, qTest, Playwright, Argo CD, ServiceNow, and Jira.
⦁ Ability to implement security, governance, and policy controls, including enterprise-wide governance, root-level policies, compliance standards, and audit controls.
⦁ Experience in application onboarding and CI pipeline migration, including onboarding repositories to GHECD and recreating CI pipelines using GitHub Actions.
⦁ Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, and audit log streaming, including SIEM integration, Dynatrace/self-hosted runner monitoring, pipeline failure notifications, and ServiceNow ticket automation.
⦁ Experience in CI/CD standardization and enterprise-scale templatization, including creating reusable templates, validating templates across runner environments, and supporting enterprise rollout.
⦁ Knowledge of performance and scalability validation for GitHub Actions runners, including runner performance, autoscaling behavior, and workload execution under load.
⦁ Ability to define and support operating model, documentation, enablement, go-live support, license/user scaling approach, and production readiness validation for enterprise adoption.

Minimum Years of Experience:
⦁ 12 years

 

SYSMIND LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without any discrimination. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels in the company. All job offers are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory background check and reference checks. Additionally passing the drug test may also be required. All contractors intending to work on SYSMIND's W2 are "at will" employees.