GKE / Google Kubernetes SME

ManpowerGroup; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plan

Vision plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care FSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) with match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup seeks a GKE Engineer to lead architecture, deployment, optimization, and operation of containerized apps on Google Cloud. You will partner with engineering, DevOps, cloud infra, and app teams to implement best practices for reliability, scalability, and security.

The role requires hands-on GKE and Kubernetes expertise, strong GCP background, and experience with CI/CD pipelines and Terraform for IaC.

Qualifications

• Expert Kubernetes administration and architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with containerization using Docker.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• CI/CD pipeline implementation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Cloud Build).
• Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, and service meshes.
• Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk).
• Cloud security and Kubernetes security best practices.
• Experience supporting production environments at scale.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support production GKE clusters across dev, test, and prod environments.
• Monitor cluster health, capacity, and performance metrics.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes infrastructure, networking, storage, and deployments.
• Perform cluster upgrades, node pool management, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Design and implement Kubernetes deployment standards and templates.
• Build and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.
• Optimize workload performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
• Support microservices migration to Kubernetes.
• Create and enhance CI/CD pipelines for containerized deployments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and GCP tooling.
• Improve release processes and rollback procedures.
• Implement GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux.
• Implement RBAC, workload identity, secrets management, and pod security.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

GKE

GCP

Docker

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Cloud Build

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Splunk

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud

Docker

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Cloud Build

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Splunk

Job description

Job Title: GKE Engineer

Our financial services client is seeking a highly experienced Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Subject Matter Expert to lead the architecture, deployment, optimization, and operational management of containerized applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This individual will serve as a technical leader, partnering with engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and application teams to drive Kubernetes best practices, platform reliability, scalability, and security.

Location: Phoenix, Arizona (hybrid)

Pay Range: 70-75/hr W2; 75/hr c2c

Required Skills

• Expert-level experience with Kubernetes administration and architecture
• Hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with containerization using Docker
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• CI/CD pipeline implementation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Cloud Build)
• Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, and service meshes
• Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk)
• Cloud security and Kubernetes security best practices
• Experience supporting production environments at scale

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Manage and support production GKE clusters across development, test, and production environments.
• Monitor cluster health, capacity, and performance metrics.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes infrastructure, networking, storage, and application deployment issues.
• Perform cluster upgrades, node pool management, and version lifecycle maintenance.
• Design and implement Kubernetes deployment standards, templates, and best practices.
• Build and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.
• Optimize workload performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
• Support microservices migration from legacy environments into Kubernetes.
• Create and enhance CI/CD pipelines for containerized application deployment.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and GCP-native tooling.
• Improve release processes, deployment strategies, and rollback procedures.
• Implement GitOps methodologies using tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
• Implement RBAC, workload identity, secrets management, and pod security controls.
• Conduct security reviews and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Ensure compliance with organizational and cloud security standards.
• Partner with security teams to establish Kubernetes governance policies.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.