Cloud DevOps Engineer

Job Description

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

• 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 (loudCLI) 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.
• 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 al experience.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years in a DevOps, platfor 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 (Google Cloud Platform, 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