Kubernetes Engineer

PSR Associates, Inc. is an IT consulting firm specializing in Staffing and Recruiting Services. People. Solutions. Results. Founded in 2003, PSR Associates, Inc. is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, with additional offices in Tampa, FL; Washington, D.C.; Charlotte, NC; Austin, TX; and Irvine, CA. Trusted, connected, experienced and fast, PSR Associates delivers the right talent to help leading companies perform at their best.Title: Kubernetes EngineerLocation: REMOTE, Tampa FLDuration: 6+ months, very likely extensionRate: Market Rate, (No 1099/C2C options at this time)Job Description:Software Engineer (Kubernetes)Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

• Demonstrates some level of knowledge and/or ability to learn the following in support of technology solutions for a global professional services firm:
• Exposure with automation & digitization in a professional services environment including but not limited to innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions
• Strong experience and passion for designing and delivering distributed, highly scalable and available backend systems using Java, GoLang and Python.
• Programming tools, such as: Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code; Git; Postman; Azure DevOps or Jenkins
• Fluent in one of these languages in order of preference: Python, Java, GoLang
• Familiarity with the linux command line/shell scripting
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer or 3 years of equivalent experience in building, deploying and scaling applications on Kubernetes
• Hands on experience with microservices Architecture and design, REST APIs, cloud development, Security, Testing, and deployments in high throughput environments and deploying on cloud and kubernetes
• Preferred experience working with Java, Python, Kafka, Spring Boot, Azure, AKS(Kubernetes)
• Exposure and experience working with:
• DevOps environments with high degree of automation of CI/CD pipelines, build promotions and code quality testing
• Exposure to using cloud development, Kubernetes, Dockers and Terraform scripting for deployments in development, QA, and Production
• Strong experience with Knative, Docker (Docker compose, yamls, etc) and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, AKS, EKS etc.)
• Strong experience with cloud technologies and management (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience building and scaling monitoring solutions with tools like Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and DataDog
• Experience troubleshooting issues on a remote distributed system.
• Working knowledge of Kafka, Spark, Apache Ni-Fi helpful
• A quick learner, strategic thinker with analytical and problem-solving experience with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

• Bachelor Degree
• In lieu of a Bachelor Degree, 5 years of professional experience involving technology-focused process improvements, transformations, and/or system implementations
• Degree Preferred: Master Degree