Pega Infrastructure Engineer | AWS, Kubernetes & DR

Veriipro; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking a Pega Infrastructure Analyst to manage enterprise Pega environments and drive cloud-native deployment automation in Minneapolis. The role emphasizes Pega administration, upgrades, and disaster recovery across Kubernetes and AWS OpenSearch ecosystems.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kafka DR architectures, Helm charts, Docker-based deployments, and strong troubleshooting skills to ensure production stability and performance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Pega Platform administration and upgrades.
• Experience with Kafka architecture, externalization, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch and AWS OpenSearch integration.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS administration.
• Experience with Helm charts, Docker, and containerized deployments.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) pipelines and automation.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, ALB, Ingress, and load balancing.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and perform performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support Pega platform environments across development, testing, and production.
• Execute Pega platform upgrades and validate application stability.
• Implement Kafka externalization and DR architecture with failover mechanisms.
• Integrate Pega services with AWS OpenSearch for search capabilities.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts for automated deployments.
• Support Kubernetes/EKS clusters, workloads, networking, RBAC, and application availability.
• Create technical documentation, deployment guides, and DR runbooks.

Skills

Pega Platform administration

AWS cloud

Kubernetes / EKS

IaC / automation

OpenSearch / Elasticsearch

Helm / Docker

Kafka disaster recovery

Networking & load balancing

Troubleshooting & performance

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenSearch

Docker

Helm

AWS

Job description

Veriipro is seeking a Pega Infrastructure Analyst to manage enterprise Pega environments and drive cloud-native deployment automation in Minneapolis. The role emphasizes Pega administration, upgrades, and disaster recovery across Kubernetes and AWS OpenSearch ecosystems.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kafka DR architectures, Helm charts, Docker-based deployments, and strong troubleshooting skills to ensure production stability and performance.