Senior DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes & OpenShift Expert

VSO Inc.; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Competitive salary

Job summary

VSO Inc. seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain Kubernetes/OpenShift environments end-to-end, including cluster/storage administration, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and cloud infrastructure.

You will be the go-to person for incident response, performing root-cause analysis and documenting resolutions to prevent recurrence, with strong Linux administration and networking fundamentals. This on-site role is based in Richardson, TX and requires U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• Experience administering and troubleshooting Kubernetes-based environments, including OpenShift and/or RKE2.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes resources, including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, and Jobs.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting persistent storage, including PVs, PVCs, StorageClasses, and volume mounts.
• Experience with Ansible, including development and maintenance of playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Working knowledge of AWS, including EC2, IAM, S3, EBS, VPC/networking, CloudWatch, and associated infrastructure services.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting cloud instances, storage, networking, and access controls.
• Experience with Argo CD and GitOps-based deployment practices.
• Familiarity with container technologies and container registries such as Harbor, Nexus, and Artifactory.
• Experience with Apache Pulsar, including management or troubleshooting of topics and messaging resources.
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skill
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD
• Understanding of Kubernetes/OpenShift RBAC, ServiceAccounts, secrets management, and security best practices
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, TCP/IP, ingress/egress, load balancing, and service connectivity
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across application, container, Kubernetes cluster, cloud infrastructure, storage, and networking layers
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis and document technical findings and resolutions

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes/OpenShift environments end-to-end from cluster and storage administration through CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud infrastructure.
• Drive root-cause analysis and documentation to fix issues for good.
• Serve as the go-to for incidents across pods, pipelines, PVCs, networking, and related stack areas.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

OpenShift / RKE2

Kubernetes resources

Persistent storage

Ansible playbooks

Terraform / IaC

AWS

Argo CD / GitOps

Container registries

Apache Pulsar

Linux system administration

GitLab CI/CD

RBAC / Secrets management

Monitoring tools

Networking fundamentals

Root cause analysis

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

VSO Inc. seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain Kubernetes/OpenShift environments end-to-end, including cluster/storage administration, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and cloud infrastructure.

You will be the go-to person for incident response, performing root-cause analysis and documenting resolutions to prevent recurrence, with strong Linux administration and networking fundamentals. This on-site role is based in Richardson, TX and requires U.S. citizenship.