DevOps Engineer (Only W2 - No C2C)

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Michigan is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and container platforms.

You will lead automation, Kubernetes platform management, and reliability improvements, collaborating with application and engineering teams. The role emphasizes IaC, CI/CD, monitoring, and security to deliver resilient services.

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.