DevOps Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable cloud infrastructure for our clients. You will work with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD, and cloud networking to automate, secure, and optimize platforms, collaborating across engineering teams.

The role focuses on infrastructure automation, Kubernetes platform management, cloud reliability, and continuous improvement, while participating with application and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with AWS.
• Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong Kubernetes experience beyond fundamentals, including CNI, networking, ingress, service mesh, and cluster management.
• Hands-on experience with AWS EKS and Docker.
• Strong scripting skills with Python and Bash.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, and artifact repositories.
• Strong understanding of DNS, DHCP, VPN, LDAP, VPCs, security groups, and IAM policies.
• Experience with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
• Experience working in Agile environments using JIRA and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and IaC practices.
• Develop Terraform modules, manage remote state, and implement policy-as-code.
• Implement GitOps using Argo CD or Flux.
• Manage Kubernetes platforms including EKS and cluster lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes and cloud networking issues (CNI, ingress, service mesh, load balancing).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related tools.
• Automate provisioning with Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Develop IaC across multiple environments.
• Monitor and optimize performance, availability, security, and cost.
• Work with monitoring/logging platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
• Manage AWS networking (VPCs, security groups, IAM, DNS, VPN).
• Integrate third-party tools and scripts.
• Create technical docs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.
• Collaborate with application, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to DevOps/SRE best practices.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitOps

CI/CD

Cloud networking

Linux administration

Python

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Flux

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Git

Jenkins

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD, and cloud networking.

This role will focus on infrastructure automation, Kubernetes platform management, cloud reliability, and continuous improvement while working closely with application and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Develop Terraform modules, manage remote state, and implement policy-as-code.
• Implement GitOps using tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Manage Kubernetes platforms, including EKS, cluster lifecycle, upgrades, scaling, and containerized workloads.
• Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes and cloud networking issues involving CNI, ingress controllers, service mesh, and load balancing.
• Build and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related tools.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code across multiple environments.
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure for performance, availability, security, and cost.
• Work with monitoring and logging platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
• Manage AWS networking, including VPCs, security groups, IAM, DNS, VPN, and related services.
• Integrate third‑party tools, plugins, and internal automation scripts.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and improve incident response and reliability processes.
• Collaborate with application, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to DevOps/SRE best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, primarily AWS.
• Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including systemd, cgroups, namespaces, OS tuning, and production hardening.
• Strong Kubernetes experience beyond fundamentals, including CNI, networking, ingress, service mesh, and cluster management.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS EKS and Docker.
• Strong expertise in Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• Strong scripting skills with Python and Bash.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, and artifact repositories.
• Strong understanding of DNS, DHCP, VPN, LDAP, VPCs, security groups, and IAM policies.
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
• Experience working in Agile environments using JIRA and Confluence.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Helm and Kubernetes Helm charts.
• Experience with Argo CD or Flux.
• Exposure to hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or other secrets‑management platforms.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading DevOps/SRE initiatives.
• Experience with service mesh and advanced Kubernetes networking.