Sr. Kubernetes Engineer

Rapinno Tech; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Rapinno Tech in the United States is hiring a Sr. Kubernetes Engineer for a 100% remote, long-term contract. You will manage Kubernetes clusters, troubleshoot issues and drive CI/CD pipelines within a GitOps framework.

Your work includes integrating cloud Kubernetes distributions, translating application requirements into platform specs, and coordinating across teams to maintain availability and cost efficiency. AWS Pro and CKA certifications are required.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Openshift)
• Three years or more of continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
• Working knowledge of cloud computing including virtualization, hosted services, multi-tenant cloud infrastructures
• Experience architecting and developing software or infrastructure for scalable, distributed systems
• Experience creating and maintaining Gitlab CI pipelines
• Experience with the Linux kernel
• Knowledge of APIs design and implementation
• Knowledge of Monitoring tools: New Relic and or Prometheus/Grafana.

Responsibilities

• Implement and integrate cloud Kubernetes distributions into Verizon's ecosystem.
• Translate application requirements into system requirements for a Kubernetes CaaS platform.
• Lead problem resolution for business-impacting failures to meet platform SLOs.
• Coordinate resources across teams to restore service disruptions.
• Design scalable, cost-efficient, and highly available enterprise solutions.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

GitLab CI

AWS

Linux

APIs design

Monitoring (New Relic/Prometheus)

Terraform

Ansible

Python scripting

DevOps mindset

Tools

Gitlab CI

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

VERY URGENT AND IMMEDIATE NEED. Note: Need Only US Citizen, Green Card. Job Title: Sr. Kubernetes Engineer. Location: 100% Remote. Duration: Long Term Contract. Manager Notes: Senior Kubernetes Engineer, working in his container's engineering team. Experience in Containers and Kubernetes Automation. Experience, no specific tools (Terraform, Ansible, Python Scripting). Experience in CI/CD (Jenkins, Gitlab) GITOPS model. Not looking for DevOps, looking for Kubernetes Engineer. Need to work on Kubernetes Cluster and troubleshoot the issues. Required certifications: AWS Professional Certification, CKA - Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

Job Description: You will be responsible for implementing/integrating our Cloud and Commercial kubernetes distributions into Verizon's ecosystem. Translate application requirements into system requirements that can then be used to design and implement the operating environment for applications to run in a Kubernetes CaaS platform. Evaluate legacy application design and recommend fundamental application redesign changes required to function in a Kubernetes CaaS platform. Lead problem resolution for business impacting failures and drive the resolution to meet platform service level objectives. This includes assembling resources from existing team members and engaging other engineering resources from peer teams in order to restore service disruptions. Understand architecting and engineering large enterprise solutions to achieve cost efficiencies, scaling, and availability for a large enterprise environment. Share support and on call responsibilities with core team members.

Critical Skills

• Five or more years of experience with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Openshift,)
• Three years or more of continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
• Working knowledge of cloud computing including virtualization, hosted services, multi-tenant cloud infrastructures
• Experience architecting and developing software or infrastructure for scalable, distributed systems
• Experience creating and maintaining Gitlab CI pipelines
• Experience with the Linux kernel
• Knowledge of APIs design and implementation
• Knowledge of Monitoring tools: New Relic and or Prometheus/Grafana.