Senior DevOps Engineer: GitHub Actions & Kubernetes

TALENT Software Services; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services seeks a DevOps Engineer in Phoenix, AZ for a 6-month engagement. You will lead GHES administration, GitHub Actions workflows, and self-hosted runners across enterprise environments.

Strong scripting and cloud skills are required, with focus on secure CI/CD and Kubernetes orchestration. Primary responsibilities include maintaining GitHub Apps, reusable workflows, GHAS tooling, and SDLC practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams on automation efforts in

Qualifications

• 7+ years of GHES administration with deep expertise in GitHub Actions, self-hosted runners, and microservices architecture.
• Strong scripting, API integration, and automation skills (GitHub REST/GraphQL APIs, GitHub CLI, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes).
• Experience with GHES upgrade planning, disaster recovery, replication, and internal service optimizations.
• Cloud expertise (GH Cloud, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and DevOps security best practices.
• Experience: 7 – 12 year

Responsibilities

• Must have experience with builds and deployments of various programming languages like Java, NodeJS, Python.
• Must have experience with GitHub Actions and GitHub Enterprise Administration.
• Experience working with Self-hosted runners on GitHub Enterprise.
• Must have experience with creation of GitHub Apps at the enterprise.
• Must have experience working with enterprise standard GitHub workflows & reusable workflows.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong programming skills in languages such as Python or Java for automation tasks using any language.
• Experience working with GitHub Advanced Security Tooling (GHAS).
• Demonstrable knowledge of the enterprise Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including domain.
• Source Control Management (SCM) including Git & GitHub workflows, and the value of DevOps & DevSecOps
• Experience with DevOps tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) for continuous integration and deployment practices.
• Manage and maintain GitHub Actions, including self-hosted runners, autoscaling, secure execution environments, and workflow orchestration.
• Proficiency in managing Kubernetes clusters using tools such as kubectl, Rancher & Helm.
• Administer, maintain, and monitor the Kubernetes clusters and hardware infrastructure
• Design and manage the Kubernetes cluster layout, resources, and storage
• Monitor and optimize Kubernetes resources, such as pods, nodes, and namespaces.

Skills

CI/CD

Docker

Git

Java

Node JS

Python

Go

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

GKE

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitHub Enterprise

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

TALENT Software Services seeks a DevOps Engineer in Phoenix, AZ for a 6-month engagement. You will lead GHES administration, GitHub Actions workflows, and self-hosted runners across enterprise environments.

Strong scripting and cloud skills are required, with focus on secure CI/CD and Kubernetes orchestration. Primary responsibilities include maintaining GitHub Apps, reusable workflows, GHAS tooling, and SDLC practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams on automation efforts in