DevOps Engineer

TechDigital Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking an experienced professional to manage Kubernetes clusters, ideally with 4+ years of hands-on experience. The role involves proficiency in AWS fundamentals, particularly with EKS and building CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

The ideal candidate will also be skilled in GitOps tooling such as Flux CD or Argo CD. Applicants should be comfortable working in Agile teams and have strong knowledge of observability platforms such as Datadog or Splunk.

Qualifications

• 4+ years managing Kubernetes clusters in production, preferably EKS.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps tooling like Flux CD or Argo CD.
• Proficiency writing Terraform modules and Helm charts.

Responsibilities

• Build CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent.
• Provide strong AWS knowledge concerning VPC, IAM, EC2, MSK, EKS.
• Work in Agile/sprint-based engineering teams.

Skills

Kubernetes management

AWS fundamentals

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps tooling

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Datadog

Splunk

Job description

Top 3 Skills Required

1. k8s admin
2. AWS fundamentals
3. Splunk / datadog

Job Description / Responsibilities

• 4+ years managing Kubernetes clusters in production (EKS preferred)
• Hands-on experience with GitOps tooling - Flux CD and/or Argo CD
• Proficiency writing Terraform modules and Helm charts
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
• Strong AWS fundamentals - VPC, IAM, EC2, MSK, EKS node groups
• Working knowledge of observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar)
• Comfort operating in Agile/sprint-based engineering teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with Linkerd or other service mesh technologies
• Familiarity with Jsonnet or CUE for configuration management
• Hands-on FinOps or cluster cost optimisation experience (Kubecost, ScaleOps)
• Experience migrating ingress controllers at scale
• Amazon MSK administration and Kafka operations knowledge
• Okta or SSO/IdP integration experience
• Blue-green or canary deployment patterns for Kubernetes upgrades
• Familiarity with application architecture (Java and or Python)