DevOps Engineer

SoftwareOne, Inc.

San Francisco, CA, United States

3 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

procomservices.com

Tech stack

Kubernetes Security Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration Linux DevOps VMware ESX Servers Linux System Administration OpenShift Reliability Engineering

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Ansible Prometheus Shell Script VMware VSphere Private Cloud Environment Scripting Google Cloud Cloud Platform System Istio Grafana Git Git Flow Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Rancher Hashicorp Free and Open-Source Software Linkerd (Service Mesh) Azure AKS Hardware Infrastructure Terraform Vmware

Job description

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the design, automation, deployment, operation, and modernization of production-grade Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms across on-premises and public cloud environments. The ideal candidate will work with application, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable, repeatable, and secure infrastructure and application platforms., * Deploy, manage, upgrade, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters across on-premises, public cloud, and hybrid environments.

Automate infrastructure provisioning and platform operations using Terraform, Helm, Ansible, shell scripting, and Git-based workflows.
Integrate Kubernetes platforms with modern CI/CD workflows for safe, repeatable, and auditable application delivery.
Implement and support observability for Kubernetes and cloud platforms using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/EFK.
Operate workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and hybrid/on-premises infrastructure.
Collaborate with application, DevOps, SRE, security, and operations teams to align platform capabilities with business and delivery goals.
Create and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, implementation notes, and reference architectures.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles.
Solid Kubernetes fundamentals, including cluster operations, networking, storage, security, workload management, and troubleshooting.
Practical experience with CI/CD systems and modern software delivery workflows.
Strong experience with Git, GitOps principles, branch/PR workflows, and change-control discipline.
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Helm, Ansible, and shell scripting.
Experience operating infrastructure in at least one major cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with Linux administration, including SSH, root-level operations, and scripting.

Certifications: At least one of the following certifications is required; CKA is highly preferred for Kubernetes-focused engagements:

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - highly preferred
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Administrator Associate
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)

Nice-to-Have Skills:

Exposure to Spectro Cloud Palette or similar Kubernetes management platforms such as Rancher or OpenShift.
Experience with managed Kubernetes services such as EKS, AKS, or GKE.
Experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi or other private cloud/on-premises platforms.
Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
Open-source contributions or active participation in Kubernetes, DevOps, cloud-native, or infrastructure automation communities.