Kubernetes Platform Engineer - $65/hr - Hybrid

The Direct
Philadelphia, United States of America
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 135K

Job location

Philadelphia, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Software as a Service
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Middleware
Monitoring of Systems
Python
Openshift
OpenStack
Reliability Engineering
Ansible
Prometheus
Azure
Datadog
Data Logging
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Google Cloud Platform
Grafana
Containerization
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Deployment Automation
Terraform
Splunk

Job description

A leading enterprise technology organization is seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to support the modernization of mission-critical voice services and cloud-native infrastructure. This hybrid contract opportunity offers $65/hr and is ideal for experienced Kubernetes, DevOps, and Site Reliability professionals with strong cloud infrastructure and automation expertise. Responsibilities:

  • Design and deploy Kubernetes-based platforms for highly available applications
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Containerize applications and support cloud-native modernization efforts
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible
  • Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions
  • Support cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, and OpenShift
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure, application, and platform issues
  • Support migration initiatives from traditional VM environments to Kubernetes
  • Create operational documentation and knowledge transfer materials
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Requirements

  • 10+ years of IT infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps experience
  • Expert-level Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting experience
  • Strong CI/CD pipeline development experience
  • Terraform and Ansible expertise
  • Experience supporting cloud platforms
  • Monitoring and observability platform experience
  • Python or scripting experience
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Experience supporting production environments

Preferred:

  • OpenShift experience
  • Telecom or voice services experience
  • SIP, SBC, IMS, or voice middleware knowledge
  • Cloud-native migration experience
  • GitOps methodologies
  • Datadog, Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana experience
  • AI/ML platform exposure

Benefits & conditions

  • $65/hr pay rate
  • Hybrid work arrangement
  • High-impact cloud modernization initiative
  • Opportunity to support large-scale Kubernetes environments
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