Kubernetes & CI​/CD Expert

Position

Kubernetes & CI/CD Expert

Houston, TX

We are seeking a highly skilled Kubernetes & CI/CD Expert with deep hands‑on experience in building, automating, securing, and operating enterprise‑scale container platforms and software delivery pipelines in AWS environments. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in Amazon EKS, Git Ops, ArgoCD/FluxCD, Helm, Terraform, and modern CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI/CD, and Harness. This role requires strong production support capability, troubleshooting depth across Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure, and a solid understanding of secure, reliable, and scalable cloud‑native delivery practices.

• Design, deploy, administer, upgrade, and troubleshoot enterprise‑scale Kubernetes platforms on AWS (Amazon EKS preferred), including cluster lifecycle management, node groups, autoscaling, and platform hardening.
• Build, manage, and optimize end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, security scan, release, and deployment workflows across development, test, and production environments.
• Implement and operationalize Git Ops‑based deployment models using ArgoCD, FluxCD, or equivalent tools, ensuring version‑controlled, auditable, and repeatable releases.
• Develop and maintain reusable Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, deployment templates, and platform standards to support consistent workload onboarding.
• Manage and optimize containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes, including resource tuning, health probes, workload isolation, and resilience patterns.
• Implement modern deployment strategies including Rolling, Blue‑Green, and Canary releases, with rollback, approval, and progressive delivery controls.
• Design and enforce Kubernetes security controls including RBAC, Network Policies, Secrets Management, image governance, and Pod Security Standards aligned to Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment configuration using Terraform and related Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across Kubernetes networking, ingress, service discovery, persistent storage, cluster performance, container runtime, and CI/CD tool chains.
• Collaborate with Development, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security teams to improve deployment velocity, platform reliability, compliance, and developer experience.
• Support production environments, participate in incident resolution, perform root‑cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement for platform stability and release quality.

Kubernetes (Mandatory)

• Minimum 5+ years of hands‑on Kubernetes administration, engineering, and production support experience.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Kubernetes (Amazon EKS preferred)
  • Helm chart development and release packaging
  • Kubernetes networking, services, DNS, ingress controllers, and service exposure patterns
  • RBAC, secrets management, and Kubernetes security policies
  • Stateful Sets, persistent volumes, storage classes, and backup/recovery considerations
  • Cluster autoscaling, workload scaling, resource requests/limits, and performance tuning
  • Multi‑cluster or multi‑environment deployment patterns
  • Service Mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd (preferred)

Strong hands‑on experience with:

• Jenkins
• Git Hub Actions
• Git Lab CI/CD
• Harness
• AWS Code Pipeline / Code Build
• ArgoCD / FluxCD for Git Ops‑driven deployments

• Git Ops operating model and promotion workflows
• CI/CD pipeline architecture for build, test, scan, package, release, and deploy stages
• Release automation and environment promotion controls
• Deployment automation with approval gates, rollback, and traceability
• Branching and release strategies supporting enterprise delivery models
• Blue‑Green, Canary, and Rolling deployment patterns
• Dev Sec Ops  integration including security scanning, policy enforcement, and artifact governance

• Docker
• Container registries such as Amazon ECR, Artifactory, or Docker Registry

• Terraform (Mandatory) for provisioning and managing cloud and platform infrastructure
• Helm for Kubernetes packaging and deployment…