DevOps Engineer

GDH Consulting
San Jose, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 91K

Job location

Remote
San Jose, United States of America

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bash
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Elasticsearch
Python
Octopus Deploy
Query Optimization
Reliability Engineering
Logstash
Ansible
Prometheus
Software Vulnerability Management
Data Logging
Data Ingestion
Grafana
Reliability of Systems
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Information Technology
Kafka
Terraform
Splunk
Go

Job description

This position is a senior-level DevOps Engineer responsible for supporting and optimizing cloud-based collaboration platforms. The role involves operating, scaling, and maintaining observability platforms, Kubernetes environments, and automated deployment pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate possesses extensive production experience, a strong operational discipline, and a focus on automation and reliability., * Design, develop, and maintain observability platforms, including logging, metrics, and tracing solutions for web services.

  • Manage, operate, and optimize multi-region Kubernetes clusters to support high availability and scalability.
  • Own and enhance continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines utilizing Argo CD and Helm.
  • Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Operate monitoring and logging ecosystems such as OpenSearch or ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and Kafka.
  • Develop automation tools to proactively detect, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues.
  • Enforce security standards through vulnerability management, platform hardening, and compliance checks.
  • Collaborate with application, platform, and security teams to improve system reliability and performance.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response activities to ensure rapid resolution of issues.
  • Contribute to system architecture design, operational best practices, and review processes for distributed systems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Minimum of eight years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or platform engineering roles.
  • Extensive experience operating large-scale Kubernetes environments, with proficiency in container orchestration and resource tuning.
  • Hands-on expertise with Helm chart management, multi-cluster operations, and pod scheduling.
  • Strong knowledge of observability stacks such as OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Prometheus/Mimir, Grafana, Loki, Splunk, or Logstash.
  • Proven experience designing ingestion pipelines, query optimization, and capacity planning for telemetry systems.
  • Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Ansible on AWS.
  • Working knowledge of scripting and automation languages such as Python, Golang, or Bash.
  • Experience supporting 24/7 production environments, including incident management, alert triage, and post-incident review processes.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strong problem-solving skills.

About the company

At GDH, we believe in the power of people and the importance of caring. Our culture statement, "We care about people," isn't just a tagline - it's the core of everything we do. GDH is a premier staffing and talent solutions company dedicated to helping businesses find the best talent and assisting job seekers in finding their dream jobs. Who We Are: GDH, founded in 2001, has grown into a leader in providing staffing solutions across various industries. We specialize in IT across several sectors, connecting top talent with leading enterprises. As a Best of Staffing firm recognized for excellence in client, employee, talent, and women's services, we pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and service. GDH Benefits GDH offers a range of employee benefits that are designed to promote well-being and help maintain a healthy work-life balance. These comprehensive benefits cover various aspects of an employee's life and aim to enhance their overall experience with the company. Our health benefits include three medical insurance options with access to KISx Card, Zero Card, and HealthJoy concierge services. Other plan offerings include dental, vision, life, disability, supplemental insurance, and pet insurance plans. Enjoy additional perks like holiday pay, 401(k) plan, direct deposit, an employee referral program, work-life balance benefits, a Wellbeats membership, a discounted gym membership program, and more! For more detailed information on benefits, please go to GDH's website under the tab for candidates.

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