Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & OpenShift

TEK Systems; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

HSA

Transportation benefits

Time Off / PTO

Job summary

TEKsystems in Dallas, TX is seeking an expert in containerized workloads. The role focuses on designing, building, securing, and maintaining scalable container platforms across Kubernetes, OpenShift, and cloud platforms to ensure reliability, performance, and security for production applications.

You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to deploy, monitor, and enforce secure container practices, including image scanning, RBAC, runtime protection, and policy

Qualifications

• Expert level experience with container platforms and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, OpenShift (OCP), and security best practices.
• Experience with container registries, image scanning, and RBAC.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize Docker container images using industry best practices, including multi-stage builds and minimal base images.
• Maintain, version, and manage container images within enterprise container registries.
• Ensure container portability and consistency across development, staging, and production environments.
• Deploy, manage, and scale applications within Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters.
• Configure and maintain Kubernetes resources, including Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Services, and Ingress controllers.
• Monitor cluster health, performance, and availability, proactively resolving production issues.
• Implement secure containerization practices to minimize vulnerabilities and reduce attack surfaces.
• Utilize container security tools such as Trivy, Anchore, Clair, or similar solutions for image scanning and compliance.
• Enforce runtime security, RBAC, and least-privilege access principles, including non-root container execution.
• Implement and manage policy enforcement frameworks such as Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, or similar technologies.
• Ensure compliance with organizational, regulatory, and industry security standards.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions.

Skills

Devops

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

TEKsystems in Dallas, TX is seeking an expert in containerized workloads. The role focuses on designing, building, securing, and maintaining scalable container platforms across Kubernetes, OpenShift, and cloud platforms to ensure reliability, performance, and security for production applications.

You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to deploy, monitor, and enforce secure container practices, including image scanning, RBAC, runtime protection, and policy