Job Description

DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes / OpenShift CI / CD)

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia(Hybrid)

Local candidates only

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JOB SUMMARY :

We are seeking a hands-on GCP DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering and DevOps team,

with a primary focus on GCP Kubernetes, GKE ,and OpenShift cluster management and CI / CD

pipeline automation. In this role you will design, implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code,

container orchestration, and continuous delivery workflows that enable rapid, reliable software

releases. You will work closely with development, QA and security teams to build self-service

capabilities, enforce best practices and ensure our container platforms are secure, scalable and

highly available.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES :

Technical Delivery & Automation (70%)

Deploy, configure and operate GKE and OpenShift clusters (on-premises and in cloud) GCP environment

using best-practice architectures

Architect, build and maintain end-to-end CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, Argo CD or

equivalent), including automated testing, security scanning and canary/blue-green

deployments

Define and manage infrastructure via Terraform (or gcloudCLI) and configuration

management with Ansible, ensuring environments are versioned, repeatable and

cost-optimized

Implement monitoring, alerting and dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk or Cloud

Native) to track cluster health, SLIs/SLOs and drive capacity planning

Integrate secrets management (Vault) and vulnerability scanning (Snyk, Clair, Trivy,

SonarQube) into build and deployment workflows to enforce DevSecOps policies.

Knowledge of deploying/integrating OPA policies.

Automate cluster lifecycle operations including upgrades, scaling and failover to

maintain high availability

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement (30%)

Partner with development, QA and security teams to remove bottlenecks, share

knowledge and evangelize platform-as-a-service standards

Mentor junior engineers, deliver training sessions and author documentation for

self-service infrastructure and deployment tools

Participate in architecture reviews, release planning and incident response, driving

root-cause analysis and remediation

Evaluate and integrate new tools or practices to continuously improve efficiency,

reliability and security of our delivery processes

al experience

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

3+ years in a GCP DevOps, platfor or cloud-engineering role with demonstrable Kubernetes/OpenShift expertise

Hands-on experience designing and operating CI / CD pipelines with GitLab CI, Argo CD or similar

Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management

Strong Linux administration skills and scripting (Bash, Python, Ruby or similar)

Familiarity with container networking, storage, and security fundamentals

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

GitOps practices and tools (Flux, Argo CD)

Public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and hybrid deployment models

Service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and microservices architecture

Working within regulated environments (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2)

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

HashiCorp Terraform Associate or equivalent

PREFERRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Container Platforms: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker/CRI-O

CI / CD Tools: Argo CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI

IaC & CM: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kustomize

Monitoring & Logging: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

Security: Vault, CrowdStrike, network policies, pod security standards

Other: Git workflows, Helm Charts, Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), REST APIs

Himanshu Goswami

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