DevOps Engineer- Platform Automation Engineer

DevOps Engineer- Platform Automation Engineer

on site in Denver, CO

12 months contract

URGENT NEED - Looking to have someone start Mon 3 / 9

US Citizen or Green Card (H1's are accepted)

Hybrid Model : 4 days onsite per week in Denver, CO 80202

This is not a day-to-day DevOps role. It is expected that this candidate is able to follow and implement tasks according to the requirements, using industry standards and tools within the framework of our systems, in a timely manner. Expect to think outside boxes, solve real problems, and change how technology is used in our company.

They work in a Scrum.

Our Client, a multinational telecommunications technology company has an urgent and immediate need for a certified Kubernetes DevOps Engineer to architect, design, implement, and advocate for automation and infrastructure as code. Seeking a passionate, results-oriented, and innovative individual to contribute to our client's Platform development and PaaS ecosystem built for a Kubernetes-based environment.

Our client's PaaS is built largely on open-source technologies such as Nginx, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and Istio / envoy. The successful candidate will be able to leverage expertise in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps best practices, and Application Development to support and guide an in-house API Gateway and IDP application team.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have a proven background in DevOps automation and CI / CD with strong skills in AWS services and architectures, Linux virtualization, the Kubernetes ecosystem and Helm.

If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Elite technical

Required Skills :

At least 6 years of relevant work experience to include systems administration and / or software engineering in AWS

At least 4 years of experience building test automation or infrastructure as code

At least 4 years of experience building CI / CD pipelines

Kubernetes (i.e. CKAD and CKA certified) : including cluster architecture, control plane, resource management, and troubleshooting skills

Good understanding of distributed systems : high availability, resiliency, scalability

Collaborating with architecture and engineering groups to build a self-service pipeline that streamlines application developer productivity and throughput

A strong understanding of software development methodologies, especially in Java a plus.

Experience in Linux-based systems and command line

Experience in scripting on Linux systems : Python, bash, shell scripting, reading and writing imperative code and basic control structures like loops, etc.

Knowledge of Istio / envoy service mesh

AWS administration skills

Proficiency in security implementation best practices including AWS Security Groups, IAM Roles, and Key Management

Proven excellence in communication, root cause analysis authoring, and consulting skillsets in English.

Proven experience in analyzing and troubleshooting production workloads in AWS infrastructure.

Ability to work in office at least 4 days per week in Denver, Colorado

Ability to work on-call rotation for critical issue escalations.

Strong experience with Microservices and related deployment technologies to include Git, Helm, and Helmfile

Applied experience with orchestrator and provisioning technologies for container-based platforms, specifically Kubernetes, Docker and Helm

Strong understanding of CI / CD including basic patterns build, scan, publish, deploy; environment specific configuration management; experience with GitLab preferred

Good understanding of networking : DNS basics, routing, etc.