Senior Kubernetes Engineer

03 May 2024

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Senior Kubernetes Engineer Location: McLean, VA/HybridDuration: 9 months with possible extension/with possible contract to hire

Description:

Must Haves: Must have Cloud Implementation experience and EKS/Kubernetes. Strong preference for candidates with CKAD - Kubernetes Admin certification.

A successful candidate will have the following characteristics:We are seeking an experienced Engineering Senior to join our cloud platform services team. He/ She will be joining a diverse cross-functional team to collaborate on building the service platform(in AWS) to enable Client applications team to host/migrate business applications. Candidate is expected to be proficient in usage and deployment of container technology and tooling at enterprise scale. The candidate should be able to learn/adapt new tools/technologies and implement them for enterprise adoption in accordance with Client operational and security standards.

Candidates work falls into four primary categories:

Project Engagement: Collaborate on projects with architecture, strategy and Information security team’s to on-board cloud service platform (application patterns).Business Communication - engage with internal teams, project teams and business areas to discuss issues and document or explain technical solutions in a simplified meaningful way.

Support of Design and Builds: Participate in design reviews of architecture patterns for service/application deployment in cloud(AWS).Collaborate with platform pillar (Database, middleware etc) leads to build-out the components for Service Platform.Automate implementation of the service platform components in accordance with CI/CD standards.

Support Operations: Deliver and maintain standard operating procedures and assist in troubleshooting issues.Participate in on-call activities as needed for major incident resolution and problem management.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, engineering, computer science, related field or equivalent experience. Advanced studies/degree is preferred.1-3 years of experience in AWS or other public cloud infrastructure and platform delivery.1-2 years of experience with engineering and supporting containerization technology ( Openshift, OSS Kubernetes, AWS(ECS/EKS) etc) at scale.3-6 years of experience in Information technology, preference for infrastructure and platform services automation.Strong knowledge of foundational elements of private(SDDC) and/or public cloud(AWS).Experience with scripting tools (Python, perl, Shell scripting etc) to automate routine operation tasks.Documentation of Engineering Solutions and Designs.

Preferred Skills: Container (EKS) platform implementation at enterprise scale.1-2 years’ experience with AWS cloud formation or similar IaC tooling.Preference for CKAD certified candidates.Familiarity with implementation of tooling around Kubernetes eco-system.

Education: bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience(required)

  • ID: #49848588
  • State: Virginia Mclean 20598 Mclean USA
  • City: Mclean
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2023-05-03
  • Deadline: 2023-06-30
  • Category: Et cetera