Job Description
Position: DevOps Engineer
Description:
About the Job: We are seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering and DevOps team, with a primary focus on Kubernetes, GKE, and OpenShift cluster management and CI/CD pipeline automation. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, and continuous delivery workflows that enable rapid, reliable software releases. You will work closely with development, QA, and security teams to build self-service capabilities, enforce best practices, and ensure our container platforms are secure, scalable, and highly available.
Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities: Technical Delivery & Automation (70%)• Deploy, configure, and operate GKE and OpenShift clusters (on-premises and in cloud) using best-practice architectures
• Architect, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, Argo CD or equivalent), including automated testing, security scanning, and canary/blue-green deployments
• Define and manage infrastructure via Terraform (or gcloudCLI) and configuration management with Ansible, ensuring environments are versioned, repeatable, and cost-optimized
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk or Cloud Native) to track cluster health, SLIs/SLOs, and drive capacity planning
• Integrate secrets management (Vault) and vulnerability scanning (Snyk, Clair, Trivy, SonarQube) into build and deployment workflows to enforce DevSecOps policies. Knowledge of deploying/integrating OPA policies.
• Automate cluster lifecycle operations—including upgrades, scaling, and failover—to maintain high availability
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement (30%)• Partner with development, QA, and security teams to remove bottlenecks, share knowledge, and evangelize platform-as-a-service standards
• Mentor junior engineers, deliver training sessions, and author documentation for self-service infrastructure and deployment tools
• Participate in architecture reviews, release planning, and incident response, driving root-cause analysis and remediation
• Evaluate and integrate new tools or practices to continuously improve efficiency, reliability, and security of our delivery processes
Requirements: Required Experience: • 3+ years in a DevOps, platform, or cloud-engineering role with demonstrable Kubernetes/OpenShift expertise
• Hands-on experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI, Argo CD or similar
• Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
• Strong Linux administration skills and scripting (Bash, Python, Ruby or similar)
• Familiarity with container networking, storage, and security fundamentals
Preferred Experience: • GitOps practices and tools (Flux, Argo CD)
• Public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and hybrid deployment models
• Service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and microservices architecture
• Working within regulated environments (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2)
Required Certification & Licensure: • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate or equivalent
Preferred Certification & Licensure: • Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
Knowledge & Skills: • Container Platforms: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker/CRI-O
• CI/CD Tools: Argo CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• IaC & CM: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kustomize
• Monitoring & Logging: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK
• Security: Vault, CrowdStrike, network policies, pod security standards
• Other: Git workflows, Helm Charts, Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), REST APIs
Abilities: • Collaborate effectively across development, operations, and security teams
• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Apply sound judgment when architecting scalable, reliable solutions
Benefits: Benefits: • Opportunity to work with modern container and cloud-native technologies
• Professional development and mentoring
• Hybrid working environment
• Exposure to regulated industry standards (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2)
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