Senior Cloud Platform Engineer — DevOps & Kubernetes

Synechron; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Global presence

Paid annual leave

Maternity & paternity leave

Comprehensive insurance plan

Retirement savings plans

Udemy for Business access

Training opportunities

Coaching with FinLabs/CoE

Opportunities to work abroad

Job summary

Synechron, a global technology consulting firm, seeks a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud-native platforms. You will work across DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and IaC to improve reliability and deployment efficiency.

Based in Charlotte, NC, the role offers a base salary of $90k-$95k per year plus benefits, with opportunities to collaborate across development, security, and operations teams and to participate in FinLabs projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Infra Engineering.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration technologies.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or Bamboo.
• Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Go.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog, or New Relic.
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments and releases.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for platform reliability and observability.
• Automate operational processes to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment, scalability, and performance.
• Ensure platform security, compliance, and governance standards are met.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

IaC

Python scripting

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

DevSecOps

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Bamboo

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

New Relic

Job description

Synechron, a global technology consulting firm, seeks a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud-native platforms. You will work across DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and IaC to improve reliability and deployment efficiency.

Based in Charlotte, NC, the role offers a base salary of $90k-$95k per year plus benefits, with opportunities to collaborate across development, security, and operations teams and to participate in FinLabs projects.