Kubernetes/OpenShift Engineer

Must Have

• AWS - EKS, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes/OpenShift Container Platform.

Description

• This role is on the DevOps engineering team – creating CICD frameworks, maintain Kubernetes platform that we own, OpenShift, all applications to migrate to cloud

• Work with Cloud Engineering team when we have to move an application to cloud in AWS, they do the automation part of it, automating pipelines, their team provides the required stuff to move to cloud

• Top Skills Needed: Kubernetes, OpenShift, CICD

• GitHub is a plus

• Kubernetes – must have skill, we do this day in and day out

• Strong understanding of CICD

• Cloud – AWS preferably

• Cloud team enables the platform – provide the app team on what the services are needed, whereas this DevOps team actually does the ground level on prem work and stitch them to get into AWS

• Writing those CICD pipelines

• This team creates new things, we rethink, we also do some AI work which is interesting

• Think of us a RD department for Kubernetes, CICD – research, development, new things

• Deployment team is separate

• Two large current projects:

o Heads down focused on migrating OpenShift clusters to a new networking model

o Working on migrating to GitHub from Azure DevOps – GitHub actions experience would be a huge plus too, that is a 2 year project

• Kubernetes and OpenShift would be the top 2 skills

• Hybrid Easton/Columbus or Minnesota

• 3-5 years experience

• Our team maintains and administers OpenShift container platform

• Day to day: DevOps engineering team, we are focused on CICD aspects of deploying and building to the cloud environment, container environment

• Looking for someone who has experience with Kubernetes and details of how you build and deploy into Kubernetes, managing platform

• Always into automating things, in CICD

• Candidate who has DevOps experience with all CICD tool chain, experience working on AWS or Kubernetes platform

• Terraform

• IAAC

• At least one scripting language is needed

• How to navigate through monitoring tools

Job Description

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Must Have

• AWS - EKS, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes/OpenShift Container Platform.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design cloud infrastructure/platform/services that is secure, scalable, and highly available on AWS.

• Build and maintain operational tools for CI/CD, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems.

• Proficient in containerization technology and assist in administration and operation of container platform or container services such as EKS or OpenShift Container Platform.

• Provision, configure and maintain cloud infrastructure defined as code using IAC tools such as Terraform for AWS environment setup and management.

• Help develop and maintain scripts to automate existing manual build & deployment procedures, including platform and infrastructure automation.

• Work collaboratively with software engineering to define infrastructure and deployment requirements.

• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to identify, manage, document, and implement best practices and automated controls for cloud and internal solutions.

• Research and facilitate the monitoring, high availability, and support methodology for our production environment.

• Perform infrastructure cost analysis and optimization.

• Stay up to date with the latest application security developments and security trends to continually improve internal processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

• 5 years of advanced experience deploying and operating in AWS and utilizing container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes in production environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS Services and technologies like AWS Lambda, VPC, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, IAM, S3, EKS etc.

• Hands on experience with Kubernetes platforms like AWS EKS or OpenShift Container Platform.

• Proficient with cloud infrastructure as code (IAC) automation tools like Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation.

• Extensive experience with CICD tools like Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline.

• Hands on experience leveraging ARGO CD for Kubernetes workload deployments.

• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages like Groovy, Python, PowerShell, Shell and Go.

• Experience using monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, AWS CloudTrail to evaluate the health of mission critical production applications and to identify root causes for performance and functional issues.

• Ability to understand cloud networking and integrations.

• Azure DevOps, GIT for source code management.

• Excellent communication, design, documentation, analytical, and SDLC skills.

• Experience with delivering software using agile methodologies.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Columbus,OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 26, 2025.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.