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# Senior Lead Kubernetes & DevSecOps Engineer

- **Company:** IDEATE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Application Release Automation, Microsoft Azure, Software Code Optimization, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Elasticsearch, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Apache Maven, Cisco Nexus Switches, Performance Tuning, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Service Discovery, SonarQube, Datadog, SSL Certificate Management, Data Logging, Autoscaling, Istio, System Availability, Spring-boot, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Cassandra, Hashicorp, Azure AKS, Graphql, Restful APIs, Terraform, Splunk, Devsecops, AWS EKS, Docker, Static Application Security Testing, Vulnerability Analysis, Artifactory, Microservices, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/fdb152df-9cdc-427a-b19f-754813f945b0

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience in Kubernetes administration, platform engineering, and enterprise container operations.
 * Expertise in AWS EKS, Azure AKS, and on-premises Kubernetes environments.
 * Experience with Helm charts, Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, service discovery, RBAC, network policies, and security policies.
 * Knowledge of HPA/VPA autoscaling, multi-cluster management, cluster upgrades, maintenance, performance optimization, and production troubleshooting.
 * Strong experience with GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
 * Experience designing and governing CI/CD pipelines, release automation, SAST/DAST, container security scanning, and container registries such as ECR and ACR.
 * Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools, including Datadog and Splunk.
 * Strong AWS knowledge, including EKS, ECR, IAM, and EC2; Azure knowledge, including AKS and ACR.
 * Experience with HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, certificate management, and Kubernetes security hardening.
 * Knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, REST APIs, GraphQL, and Maven to support cloud-native application teams., * ArgoCD and GitOps practices.
 * Istio Service Mesh.
 * SonarQube, Fossa, and Wiz CLI security scans.
 * Nexus and Artifactory.
 * Cassandra and Elasticsearch.
 * Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Platform Engineering.
 * CKA or CKAD certifications.

## Description

* Design, deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes platforms across on-premises, AWS EKS, and Azure AKS environments.
 * Own the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
 * Build and maintain enterprise-grade GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines.
 * Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes using Terraform and IaC.
 * Implement containerization standards and deployment strategies, including Blue-Green, Canary, and Rolling Deployments.
 * Drive platform reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
 * Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
 * Lead production support, incident management, root cause analysis, and platform optimization initiatives.
 * Implement Kubernetes security controls, RBAC, network policies, secrets management, and certificate management.
 * Support deployment and operations of Java Spring Boot microservices and GraphQL services.
 * Mentor engineering teams and promote Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices.