Kubernates Engineer - Remote​/Telecommute

A contract position for a Kubernates Engineer - Remote / Telecommute in Santa Clara, CA, offering a pay rate of USD $57/hr to $62/hr the role requires proficiency in Golang or Python, Kubernetes/Open Shift expertise, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud automation. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) is required.

• Proficiency in Golang or Python with hands‑on experience extending Kubernetes or Open Shift using operators, controllers, CRDs, or webhooks.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes/Open Shift control plane internals.
• Hands‑on software development experience with CI/CD, enterprise applications, and cloud automation.
• Experience with containerized applications in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, scaling, security, and multi‑cluster environments.

• Kubernetes and Open Shift platform development.
• Managed Kubernetes platforms such as GKE, EKS, or AKS.
• Building and operating cloud‑native systems at scale.
• Automation and configuration management.
• Observability and troubleshooting in distributed systems.

• Extend Kubernetes and Open Shift capabilities by developing operators, controllers, CRDs, and webhooks.
• Design, build, and support scalable cloud‑native platform components.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and scale Kubernetes‑based systems.
• Support production workloads, including machine learning platforms.
• Implement automation for infrastructure and application lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with platform and application teams to improve reliability and performance.

• Strong understanding of how Kubernetes and Open Shift manage workloads and resources internally.
• Exposure to machine learning workloads on Kubernetes.
• Experience with service mesh and advanced networking concepts.
• Familiarity with Git Ops and modern Dev Ops practices.

• Golang or Python.
• Kubernetes and Red Hat Open Shift.
• Kubernetes Operators and CRDs.
• Docker and container ecosystems.
• CI/CD pipelines.
• Terraform and Ansible.
• Helm.
• Kubernetes networking (Ingress, Network Policies, Service Mesh).
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Logging solutions (ELK stack, Fluentd).
• Git, Jenkins, Argo, Sonar Qube, Artifactory.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.