GCP DevOps Engineer gke/ OpenShift )

DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes / OpenShift CI / CD)

Local candidates only

JOB SUMMARY:

We are seeking a hands-on GCP DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering and DevOps team,

with a primary focus on GCP Kubernetes, GKE,and OpenShift cluster management and CI / CD

pipeline automation. In this role you will design, implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code,

container orchestration, and continuous delivery workflows that enable rapid, reliable software

releases. You will work closely with development, QA and security teams to build self-service

capabilities, enforce best practices and ensure our container platforms are secure, scalable and

highly available.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Delivery & Automation (70%)

• Deploy, configure and operate GKE and OpenShift clusters (on-premises and in cloud) GCP environment

using best-practice architectures

• Architect, build and maintain end-to-end CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, Argo CD or

equivalent), including automated testing, security scanning and canary/blue-green

deployments

• Define and manage infrastructure via Terraform (or gcloudCLI) and configuration

management with Ansible, ensuring environments are versioned, repeatable and

cost-optimized

• Implement monitoring, alerting and dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk or Cloud

Native) to track cluster health, SLIs/SLOs and drive capacity planning

• Integrate secrets management (Vault) and vulnerability scanning (Snyk, Clair, Trivy,

SonarQube) into build and deployment workflows to enforce DevSecOps policies.

Knowledge of deploying/integrating OPA policies.

• Automate cluster lifecycle operations—including upgrades, scaling and failover—to

maintain high availability

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement (30%)

• Partner with development, QA and security teams to remove bottlenecks, share

knowledge and evangelize platform-as-a-service standards

• Mentor junior engineers, deliver training sessions and author documentation for

self-service infrastructure and deployment tools

• Participate in architecture reviews, release planning and incident response, driving

root-cause analysis and remediation

• Evaluate and integrate new tools or practices to continuously improve efficiency,

reliability and security of our delivery processes

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REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

· 3+ years in a GCP DevOps, platfor or cloud-engineering role with demonstrable Kubernetes/OpenShift expertise

· Hands-on experience designing and operating CI / CD pipelines with GitLab CI, Argo CD or similar

· Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management

· Strong Linux administration skills and scripting (Bash, Python, Ruby or similar)

· Familiarity with container networking, storage, and security fundamentals

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

· GitOps practices and tools (Flux, Argo CD)

· Public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and hybrid deployment models

· Service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and microservices architecture

· Working within regulated environments (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2)

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

· Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

· HashiCorp Terraform Associate or equivalent

PREFERRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

· Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

· Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

· Container Platforms: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker/CRI-O

· CI / CD Tools: Argo CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI

· IaC & CM: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kustomize

· Monitoring & Logging: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

· Security: Vault, CrowdStrike, network policies, pod security standards

· Other: Git workflows, Helm Charts, Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), REST APIs

ABILITIES:

· Collaborate effectively across development, operations and security teams

· Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

· Apply sound judgment when architecting scalable, reliable solutions

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