DevOps / Kubernetes Engineer

Job Title

DevOps / Kubernetes Engineer

Location

Santa Clara

Working Mode

Hybrid - 3 days

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced DevOps / Kubernetes Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters for application deployment and orchestration.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds, testing, deployments, and releases.
• Work with Docker and container technologies to package, deploy, and manage applications.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar platforms.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, Kubernetes cluster issues, networking problems, and production incidents.
• Implement security best practices, access controls, secrets management, and infrastructure monitoring.
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Proficiency in Linux administration, shell scripting, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of networking, load balancing, security, and application deployment architectures.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and incident management tools.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS.
• Experience with Helm charts, GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux, and service mesh technologies.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and production-grade cloud-native applications.