Third parties - Absolutely no phone calls please !
PLEASE NOTE: This position requires both a CKAD and a CKA certification. PLASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE BOTH OF THSES CERTIFICATIONS !!!
This position requires working onsite in Denver Colorado four days per week.
LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY PLEASE. ONLY CANDIDATES LOCAL TO THE DENVER CO. AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Our client, a multinational telecommunications technology company has an urgent and immediate need for a certified Kubernetes DevOps Engineer to architect, design, implement, and advocate for automation and infrastructure as code. Seeking a passionate, results-oriented, and innovative individual to contribute to our client's Platform development and PaaS ecosystem built for a Kubernetes-based environment.
Our client's PaaS is built largely on open-source technologies such as Nginx, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and Istio/envoy. The successful candidate will be able to leverage expertise in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps best practices, and Application Development to support and guide an in-house API Gateway and IDP application team.
To be successful in this role, you will need to have a proven background in DevOps automation and CI/CD with strong skills in AWS services and architectures, Linux virtualization, the Kubernetes ecosystem and Helm.
Required Skills
At least 6 years of relevant work experience to include systems administration and/or software engineering in AWS
At least 4 years of experience building test automation or infrastructure as code
At least 4 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines
Kubernetes (i.e. CKAD and CKA certified): including cluster architecture, control plane, resource management, and troubleshooting skills
Good understanding of distributed systems: high availability, resiliency, scalability
Collaborating with architecture and engineering groups to build a self-service pipeline that streamlines application developer productivity and throughput
A strong understanding of software development methodologies, especially in Java a plus.
Experience in Linux-based systems and command line
Experience in scripting on Linux systems: Python, bash, shell scripting, reading and writing imperative code and basic control structures like loops, etc.
Knowledge of Istio/envoy service mesh
AWS administration skills
Proficiency in security implementation best practices including AWS Security Groups, IAM Roles, and Key Management
Proven excellence in communication, root cause analysis authoring, and consulting skillsets in English.
Proven experience in analyzing and troubleshooting production workloads in AWS infrastructure.
Ability to work in office at least 4 days per week in Denver, Colorado
Ability to work on-call rotation for critical issue escalations.
Strong experience with Microservices and related deployment technologies to include Git, Helm, and Helmfile
Applied experience with orchestrator and provisioning technologies for container-based platforms, specifically Kubernetes, Docker and Helm
Strong understanding of CI/CD including basic patterns build, scan, publish, deploy; environment specific configuration management; experience with GitLab preferred
Good understanding of networking: DNS basics, routing, etc.
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