Kubernetes Engineer

Valiant Technologies LLC; North Charleston (SC); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 190.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Valiant Technologies LLC seeks a high-level Kubernetes SME with deep hands-on experience in orchestration, cloud-native infrastructure, and automation. The role designs, implements, and optimizes enterprise-grade Kubernetes environments across multi-cloud and on-prem deployments.

You will lead architecture discussions, set standards, mentor engineers, and drive GitOps pipelines with Argo CD or Flux to ensure reliable, scalable clusters and workloads.

Qualificações

• Senior Kubernetes SME with hands-on experience in architecture, orchestration, and operations.
• Experience deploying and optimizing production Kubernetes in multi‑cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Experience building GitOps pipelines (Argo CD or Flux) to automate state, addons, and workloads.
• Strong networking skills across CNIs, ingress, service mesh, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, tracing, and performance tuning for clusters.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and transfer knowledge to engineers and teams.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade Kubernetes environments.
• Architect and deploy clusters across bare-metal, virtualized, and multi-cloud platforms.
• Build and maintain GitOps delivery pipelines for cluster state and workloads.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard workloads and optimize resource usage.
• Develop standards and automation templates to drive consistency and repeatability across environments.

Conhecimentos

Kubernetes architecture and operations

GitOps pipelines

Multi-cloud orchestration

Networking and CNIs

Monitoring, logging, tracing

Automation and IaC (Ansible, Terraform

Formação

BS Degree in a relevant technical field

5+ years hands-on Kubernetes experience

scrum developer cert (PSDK/CDS)

Ferramentas

AKS

EKS

GKE

Docker

Podman/Buildah

Jenkins

Helm

Kustomize

Terraform

Ansible

Descrição da vaga

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Work Authorization:US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Summary:

We are seeking a high-level Kubernetes Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep hands‑on experience in Kubernetes orchestration, cloud‑native infrastructure, cluster operations, and automation. This individual will serve as a senior technical resource responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing enterprise‑grade Kubernetes environments.

Required Skills:

• Serve as a senior technical authority and SME for Kubernetes architecture, orchestration, operations, and best practices.
• Architect, deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters across bare‑metal, virtualized, and multi‑cloud environments.
• Leverage GitOps delivery pipelines using Argo CD or Flux to automate infrastructure state, cluster add‑ons, and workload deployments across multi‑cluster environments.
• Configure, tune, and troubleshoot cluster networking, including Container Network Interfaces (CNIs), ingress controllers, and service mesh architectures.
• Build and optimize monitoring, logging, and tracing frameworks to support cluster reliability and workload visibility.
• Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes issues involving networking, scheduling, storage, performance, control plane components, and node health.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard workloads, establish deployment patterns, and optimize resource utilization.
• Develop documentation, standards, and reusable automation templates to create consistency and repeatability across environments.
• Provide technical leadership, knowledge transfer, training, and mentorship to junior engineers and cross‑functional teams.

Skills:

• Must be eligible to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance.
• Deep, hands‑on Kubernetes experience with a strong emphasis on container orchestration, including cluster architecture/operations, workload deployment, and infrastructure components.
• Experience designing, provisioning, administering, and troubleshooting production Kubernetes environments.
• Familiarity with managed Kubernetes platforms such as AKS, EKS, or GKE.
• Solid understanding of containers and container build processes using technologies such as Docker, Podman, or Buildah.
• Strong troubleshooting skills involving Kubernetes networking, storage, scheduling, node health, and control plane issues.
• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd and/or ingress controllers such as NGINX, HAProxy, or Traefik.
• Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and Kubernetes Operators.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security tooling such as OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, or Falco.
• Strong experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Ansible or Terraform.
• Proficiency with Git, Jenkins, YAML, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and modern DevOps workflows.
• Familiarity with DoD compliance and security frameworks, including DISA STIGs, SCAP, and RMF.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain complex Kubernetes concepts to both technical and cross‑functional teams.

We'd Be Impressed if You Had:

• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Education:

• BS Degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to obtain the following certifications within 3 months of start date:
• CompTIA Security+ CE
• Professional Scrum Developer or Certified Scrum Developer
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience working with Kubernetes, containerized environments, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or related technologies, including significant experience designing, provisioning, and administering production Kubernetes environments.
• Demonstrated experience independently troubleshooting and supporting enterprise Kubernetes environments.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.