Kubernetes Engineer

Job Location: Phoenix, Arizona (Minimum 2 days onsite per week)
Duration: 12 Months
Experience: 8–10 Years

Interview Process: Face-to-face interview at the client’s Arizona office

We are looking for an experienced Kubernetes Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in managing, deploying, and supporting enterprise Kubernetes environments using Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE/RKE2) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in automation scripting, Kubernetes administration, cluster management, and troubleshooting within enterprise-scale environments.

Candidates must be comfortable working in a hybrid environment and attending an in-person interview at the client’s Phoenix, Arizona office.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, administer, and maintain enterprise Kubernetes clusters using RKE/RKE2 and GKE.
• Manage Kubernetes cluster lifecycle activities, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Monitor cluster health, performance, availability, and resource utilization.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployment, and operational tasks.
• Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes issues involving pods, deployments, services, networking, storage, and cluster resources.
• Implement and maintain Kubernetes security best practices, including access controls, RBAC, secrets management, and network policies.
• Support containerized applications and ensure reliable deployment and operations across Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud infrastructure, application development, and security teams.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in incident management, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 8–10 years of overall experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, or Kubernetes administration.
• Strong hands-on experience managing enterprise Kubernetes environments using Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE/RKE2).
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• 5–7 years of experience in automation scripting using languages such as Python, Bash, Shell, or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture, cluster operations, workloads, deployments, services, ingress, and namespaces.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker or containerd.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, persistent storage, resource management, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Linux system administration and command-line troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Git and infrastructure automation or configuration management tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale, production-grade Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and GitOps workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
• Experience with enterprise security, compliance, and high-availability requirements.