Kubernetes Engineer

Cloudious LLC is one of the fastest emerging IT Solutions and Services company headquartered in San Jose, CA with their global offices in Canada, EMEA & APAC.

We are currently hiring a seasoned Kubernetes Engineer who comes with a strong consulting mindset

Kubernetes EngineerBellevue, WA (Remote)12+ Months Contract

Experience: 8+Job Description:Must Have SkillsSkill 1 – 5 Yrs. of Exp – Kubernetes,Skill 2 – 5 Yrs. of Exp – Golang, Argo,Skill 3 – 4 Yrs. of Exp – , Flux,

Kubernetes, Golang, ArgoCD, Flux

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Kubernetes DevOps engineer to join our platform engineering team.The candidate is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating an abstraction layer over our Kubernetes to simplify the developer experience for running workloads by encapsulating best practices such as scalability and security.This role involves a deep understanding of Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, security, and an obsession over promoting changes to a central platform without impacting its customers. Key Responsibilities• Design and implement a platform specification file based on the OAM format that conforms to both developer and platform infrastructure requirements.• Leverage your experience with K8s and infrastructure to ensure that deployments are secure, scalable, and conform to best practices.• Collaborate with a team that manages underlying infrastructure to ensure that they are providing the required capabilities for you to build and manage your platform.• Design a developer experience around the specifications to make it as easy to use as possible. Build integrations using code or scripting to deliver this experience. Consider experiences related to workload deployment and day 2 operations.• Create a set of recommendations for how development teams should consume the specification file to reduce the risk of outages.• Build out an SDLC for the specification to support fast code development and the ability to update the specification file without causing downtime or impacting customers. Design and implement release, development, and testing processes. Required Qualifications• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.• 7-10 years of experience building platforms.• Strong background in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, and management.• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, including security, the object model, and architecture.• Strong understanding of K8s ecosystem tooling: Argocd, Flux, ingress controllers, service-• mesh.• Expertise building CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes environments using tools such as Jenkins, • GitLab CI, or GitHub.• Proficiency with Golang.• Strong understanding of the SDLC and experience of how developers develop, release and • operate systems.• Strong opinions on how software development should be done.• Proficiency in GitOps and the software development life cycle in cloud-native and Kubernetes • environments.• Excellent problem-solving and teamwork skills.• Strong communication and documentation abilities. Preferred Qualifications:Experience with Terraform.Experience with OAM and Kubevela.Experience writing controllers via Kubebuilder or Crossplane.Experience with GitLabExperience in implementing and managing service mesh solutions like Istio or Linkerd to improve microservice communication and reliability within Kubernetes.Experience writing tests using the ginkgo/gomega frameworks