Field Kubernetes Engineer - Customer-Focused Deployments

Ultimate Knowledge Institute; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401k plan with company match

PTO and Holidays

Job summary

Ultimate Knowledge Institute is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Orlando, FL, hybrid. You will embed with customer teams, deploy cloud-native platforms, and troubleshoot distributed systems in real-world environments.

You will ship code, build tooling, and apply GitOps, Kubernetes, and IaC practices to secure, scalable deployments. We value hands-on problem solvers who can communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional experience as a software engineer (backend or platform-focused).
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (TypeScript, Java, Go, Python).
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating Kubernetes workloads in production environments.
• Practical experience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD preferred; Flux acceptable).
• Experience building and maintaining infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Helm, and/or Kustomize.
• Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems, including: container runtime issues, API failures, microservices communication, misconfigured networking or CNI behavior.
• Familiarity with CNI plugins such as Calico, Cilium, or Multus.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls, proxies, service networking).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GovCloud is a plus but not required).
• Ability to write automation and tooling in scripting languages (Bash, Shell, Python).

Skills

Kubernetes

GitOps

Terraform

AWS

Distributed systems

Networking

Scripting

Python

Bash

ArgoCD

Helm

CI/CD

On-prem

Tools

ArgoCD

Flux

Kustomize

Terraform

Prometheus

Job description

Ultimate Knowledge Institute is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Orlando, FL, hybrid. You will embed with customer teams, deploy cloud-native platforms, and troubleshoot distributed systems in real-world environments.

You will ship code, build tooling, and apply GitOps, Kubernetes, and IaC practices to secure, scalable deployments. We value hands-on problem solvers who can communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders.