Senior Kubernetes Engineer Boston, MA

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We are seeking a Senior Kubernetes Engineer to join our global infrastructure team and help scale, automate, and secure our container orchestration environments across on‑premises and public cloud platforms. As a Kubernetes specialist, you’ll work closely with Dev Ops, SRE, and security teams to deliver reliable, self‑service, and production‑ready Kubernetes clusters that power mission‑critical applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy, manage, and upgrade Kubernetes clusters using tools like kubeadm, EKS, AKS, GKE, or Rancher

• Implement robust RBAC, network policies, ingress controllers, and security

• Design and operate multi‑cluster and multi‑tenant Kubernetes environments using tools such as Rancher, Fleet, or Spectro Cloud Palette for centralized governance and policy enforcement

• Implement tenant isolation, resource quotas, and compliance controls across staging and production clusters

Automation & IaC

• Automate cluster provisioning and application deployment pipelines using Terraform, Helm, and ArgoCD

• Build reusable modules for consistent infrastructure delivery across staging and production

• Implement Kubernetes Operator patterns and custom controllers (CRDs) to automate operational tasks

CI/CD Integration

• Integrate Kubernetes with modern CI/CD workflows for rapid, safe application delivery

• Support Git Ops practices and continuous deployment automation

• Optimize CI/CD pipelines for multi‑environment deployments, progressive delivery, and rollback safety (e.g., canary or blue‑green strategies)

• Implement observability for Kubernetes using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Fluentd/Fluent Bit

• Troubleshoot performance issues, failed pods, memory leaks, and cluster degradation events

• Develop resiliency and chaos testing frameworks to validate reliability and failover readiness

• Operate Kubernetes workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid/on‑prem environments

• Use tools like Velero, Kasten, or Stash for backup/restore strategies in Kubernetes

• Manage container storage platforms such as Portworx, OpenEBS, or EBS CSI drivers for persistent workloads

• Implement disaster recovery runbooks, cross‑region replication, and automated failover

Security & Compliance

• Implement admission control policies, image scanning, and runtime security with tools like Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, Aqua, or Falco

• Enforce CIS Benchmarks, RBAC least privilege, and compliance posture checks using tools like Kubescape or Kube‑bench

• Integrate secrets management via Vault, External Secrets Operator, or cloud‑native secret stores

• Partner with application developers, SREs, and security teams to implement best practices

• Serve as a technical advisor on cloud‑native architectures and containerization

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a Kubernetes Center of Excellence

• Lead architecture reviews, documentation, and standards development for platform operations

• Collaborate during infrastructure audits and production rollouts to ensure compliance and readiness

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of professional technical experience or 6 years plus a Master’s degree

• Experience with Git Ops tools (ArgoCD, Flux)

• Observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack

• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)

• Open‑source contributions in Kubernetes‑related projects

• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes networking internals, CNI plugins, and eBPF tools (e.g., Cilium)

• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash scripting for automation and tooling

• Experience integrating Kubernetes with enterprise identity providers (OIDC, LDAP, or SSO)

Must have at least one of the following certifications:

• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

• Google Professional Cloud Dev Ops Engineer

• Hashi Corp Certified:
Terraform Associate

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