Cloud Engineer

Hybrid in Westlake, TX, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 2 days ago
Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
Able to Sponsor
Hybrid
$65 - $70/yr
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Job Details

Skills

  • Kubernetes
  • DevOps
  • Jenkins
  • JAVA
  • Spring Boot

Summary

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to join Platform Engineering team. The role focuses on designing, building, and operating large-scale, cloud-native, event-driven platforms using modern DevOps and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
You will work in a collaborative environment to deliver self-service platforms, automation, and robust CI/CD pipelines that power critical financial services applications.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and operate scalable Kubernetes-based platforms
  • Develop and maintain self-service infrastructure and deployment pipelines
  • Implement CI/CD automation using modern DevOps tools
  • Build and support event-driven, cloud-native systems
  • Drive infrastructure-as-code and platform automation initiatives
  • Improve observability using monitoring, logging, and tracing tools
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver platform solutions
  • Identify and resolve technical challenges and system bottlenecks
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to technical leadership
  • Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies to improve platform efficiency

Primary Requirements (Must Have)
Kubernetes & DevOps
  • Bachelor''s or master''s degree in computer science / engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of experience with production Kubernetes clusters (EKS / AKS / GKE or self-managed)
  • Deep Kubernetes knowledge:
    • Scheduling, RBAC, networking policies
    • Helm / Kustomize
    • Operators and autoscaling
  • Strong DevOps experience:
    • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD / Flux GitOps)
    • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
    • Containerization (Docker, registries)
  • Experience building developer self-service platforms and golden paths
  • 2+ years in cloud environments (AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform)
  • Strong understanding of IAM, networking, and cost optimization
  • Observability expertise:
    • Prometheus, Grafana
    • ELK / OpenSearch
    • Distributed tracing tools
  • Experience with service mesh (Istio / Linkerd) and API gateway patterns
  • Strong Agile experience (SCRUM / Kanban)
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Secondary Requirements (Important)
Java / Spring Boot
  • 3+ years'' experience with Java and Spring Boot microservices
  • Strong understanding of microservices and REST APIs
  • Experience deploying containerized Java apps on Kubernetes
  • JVM tuning for containerized environments
  • Experience with Maven / Gradle
  • Unit, integration testing, and static code analysis practices
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  • Dice Id: 10227485
  • Position Id: 8967422
  • Posted 2 days ago
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