Sr. Kubernetes Engineer

Delan Associates, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Delan Associates, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Kubernetes Engineer to lead the build-out of an on-premises failover environment and onboard critical applications across core platforms. The role is remote with CST/EST time zones noted.

The candidate will manage Kubernetes clusters (K8s, Rancher, RKE2), implement Calico networking, and ensure data replication and backups in hybrid cloud environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Kubernetes engineering experience in large-scale environments.
• Experience building and operating on-premises failover environments.
• Strong automation and CI/CD capabilities for microservices.

Responsibilities

• Build-out and manage on-premises failover environment.
• Onboard critical applications across clearing, settlement, and risk platforms.
• Maintain Kubernetes clusters and related infrastructure in hybrid cloud setups.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cluster Management

RKE2

CI/CD automation

Helm Charts

AWS / S3

Data replication

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub

Vault

Prometheus

Splunk

On-Prem / Hybrid Cloud

Python / Shell scripting

Kubernetes backup & recovery

Kafka

Tools

Rancher RKE2

Calico CNI

Kubernetes CSI

Harness

SonarQube

Artifactory

Job description

URGENT HIRING – SENIOR KUBERNETES ENGINEER

Position: Sr. Kubernetes Engineer

Location: Remote

Client Time Zone: CST / EST

We are looking for an experienced Senior Kubernetes Engineer to support the build-out of an on-premises failover environment and onboarding of critical applications across clearing, settlement, and risk platforms.

Must-Have Skills

• Kubernetes / K8s Cluster Management


• Rancher RKE2


• Kubernetes orchestration & operations


• Calico CNI configuration & troubleshooting


• Kubernetes CSI plugins & storage integration


• Kubernetes backup & recovery


• Jenkins, Artifactory, Vault, SonarQube


• GitHub, Terraform, Ansible


• Rancher / Harness deployment experience


• Helm Charts


• AWS / S3 / S3 Replication


• Kafka & data replication


• Splunk, Prometheus, LogicMonitor / SignalFX


• Hybrid Cloud & On-Prem Infrastructure


• DR / BC & Data Center Operations


• Python / Shell scripting


• Microservices & CI/CD automation

Nice to Have

Flink-based application CI/CD experience and CockroachDB replication across AWS and on-prem environments.