Senior DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & Cloud Native

NetImpact Strategies; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to enhance their cloud-native infrastructure. The role involves managing GitOps workflows, deploying Helm charts, and ensuring security within Kubernetes clusters. Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and collaboration in a remote work environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer contributions

Generous PTO and wellness leave

Pet Insurance

Tuition reimbursement and training programs

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of Kratix and platform engineering concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage GitOps workflows using Argo CD.
• Architect and manage secure Amazon EKS clusters.
• Build CI/CD pipelines integrating Kratix workflows.

Skills

GitOps

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting

Tools

Argo CD

Helm

Crossplane

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Job Description

NetImpact Strategies is seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer with expertise in Argo CD, Kratix, Helm, Amazon EKS, and Crossplane. This role is essential to our platform engineering team, focusing on building and maintaining scalable, secure, and automated cloud-native infrastructure to support microservices-based applications.

Responsibilities:

1. Design, implement, and manage GitOps workflows using Argo CD for automated Kubernetes deployments.
2. Leverage Kratix to build and manage internal platform capabilities through a marketplace of reusable resources.
3. Develop, maintain, and deploy Helm charts for Kubernetes application packaging and management.
4. Architect and manage secure, scalable Amazon EKS clusters, including autoscaling, upgrades, and best practices adherence.
5. Utilize Crossplane to provision and manage cloud infrastructure declaratively, extending GitOps to infrastructure resources.
6. Build Crossplane compositions and CRDs to define reusable infrastructure blueprints.
7. Collaborate with platform and application teams to define and enforce infrastructure-as-code standards and patterns.
8. Build CI/CD pipelines integrating Kratix workflows and Argo CD deployment strategies.
9. Ensure security, observability, and compliance within Kubernetes clusters using IAM, Gatekeeper/OPA, and Prometheus.
10. Troubleshoot and optimize deployments, performance, and CI/CD pipelines across cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

Required

• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of Kratix and platform engineering concepts.
• Experience with Crossplane, including infrastructure composition and Kubernetes-native provisioning.
• Expertise in creating and maintaining Helm charts, repositories, and value strategies.
• In-depth experience managing Amazon EKS, including networking, security, IAM, and internals.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.
• Knowledge of service meshes, RBAC, and secrets management solutions like AWS Secrets Manager or Vault.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go.

Preferred

• Experience in multi-tenant Kubernetes or internal developer platforms.
• Familiarity with OPA and Kubernetes-native security practices.
• Hands-on experience building infrastructure platforms using Crossplane and integrating with GitOps.
• Contributions to or usage of open-source projects in the cloud-native ecosystem.
• Relevant AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect.
• Previous Federal Consulting Experience.

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About Us

Perks of working at NetImpact Strategies

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance starting the first month.
• 401(k) plan with immediately vested employer contributions.
• Generous PTO, wellness leave, and federal holidays.
• Pet Insurance for your furry family members.
• Tuition reimbursement, training programs, and industry certifications.
• Dynamic, award-winning work environment.
• Team building, community volunteering, wellness events, and celebrations.

About Us

NetImpact Strategies has been a trusted advisor in digital transformation for the Federal Government for over a decade, delivering innovative, tailored solutions to meet strategic and tactical needs across various domains.

Accessibility Note

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