Senior Technology Architect | Cloud Platform | Google Cloud - Architecture Job Charlotte area,North Carolina USA,IT/Tech

Job Title:

Senior Technology Architect | Cloud Platform | Google Cloud - Architecture

Work Location:

Charlotte, NC 28202

Vendor Rate: ***

Contract duration: 12 months

Target

Start Date:

01 Jul 2026

Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes

F2F Interview:
Yes

Hybrid - 3 days work from Office is Mandatory

We are seeking a highly skilled Dev Ops / Platform Engineer with strong hands‑on experience in enterprise‑scale infrastructure automation, cloud platform engineering, container orchestration, and CI/CD implementation. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in designing, deploying, and supporting Kubernetes and Open Shift platforms, automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, and managing cloud‑native workloads across AWS and Azure environments. The candidate should also have strong experience in production support, observability, incident management, and platform reliability engineering.

Must

Have Skills

Dev Ops
Platform Engineering
Cloud Engineering
Kubernetes
Open Shift
AWS
Azure
Terraform
Ansible
Docker
Jenkins
Git Hub Actions
CI/CD
Git Ops
Linux
Helm
Prometheus
Grafana
Splunk
Dynatrace
Datadog

Nice to Have Skills

ArgoCD
Tekton
Git Lab CI
Bitbucket Pipelines
EKS
AKS
AWS Cloud Watch
Ansible Tower/AWX
Service Now
JIRA
ELK Stack
IBM MQ
Web Logic
Tomcat
JBoss

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage containerized applications on Kubernetes, Open Shift, EKS, and AKS platforms across Dev, QA, and Production environments.
Build and maintain Docker images, container registries, Helm charts, and Kubernetes objects including Deployments, Services, Config Maps, Secrets, and Ingress resources.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for AWS infrastructure provisioning including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, EKS, ELB, Route 53, and Cloud Watch.
Create and execute Ansible playbooks and roles for server provisioning, application deployments, OS patching, configuration management, and environment automation using Ansible Tower/AWX.
Build, support, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, and Bitbucket Pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
Monitor platform and application health using Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack, Dynatrace, Datadog, and AWS Cloud Watch; perform RCA and support P1/P2 incident resolution.
Support cloud migrations, container platform operations, production deployments, rollback activities, release management, and change management processes.

Required

Skills & Qualifications

7+ years of hands‑on experience in Dev Ops Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Application Support.
Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Open Shift 4.x, EKS, AKS, Docker, Helm, kubectl, and oc CLI.
Strong experience provisioning and managing AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
Hands‑on experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, ELB, Route 53, and Cloud Watch.
Experience with Azure platform services including AKS, ACR, Azure Dev Ops, and Key Vault.
Strong experience developing and executing Ansible playbooks for provisioning, configuration management, OS patching, and deployments.
Extensive CI/CD experience using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, and Git Ops tools such as ArgoCD and Tekton.
Strong troubleshooting experience across Kubernetes workloads including Crash Loop Back Off , OOMKilled, Image Pull Back Off , PVC mount failures, ingress issues, and pod/node resource issues.
Experience in monitoring, logging, and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack, Dynatrace, Datadog, and Cloud Watch.
Experience supporting production platforms, incident management, root cause analysis, runbook creation, and on‑call support.
Experience working with Linux servers including RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu environments.
Experience with middleware and application platforms including Apache Tomcat, JBoss/Wild Fly, Web Logic, and IBM MQ.
Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum teams using JIRA, Service Now, and Confluence.

Minimum Years Of Experience

4+ years

Certifications Needed

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Microsoft Certified:
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