Kubernetes Engineer, OpenShift Focus

Project

Description:

- As a Kubernetes Engineer, you'll play a key role in supporting and evolving our cloud infrastructure. You'll help design, implement, and maintain scalable Open Shift and Kubernetes environments, working closely with development teams and stakeholders to deliver robust, secure, and cost-effective solutions. If you're passionate about cloud-native technologies, continuous learning, and collaborative problem solving, this is your opportunity to make an impact.

Responsibilities:

- - Design, implement, and maintain scalable Open Shift/Kubernetes infrastructure
- - Optimize cluster performance, resource usage, and cost-effectiveness
- - Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications and deploy them efficiently
- - Develop and enhance terraform patterns for Open Shift/Kubernetes deployments
- - Manage and maintain Zurich container platforms including provision of expert support for Open Shift and Kubernetes platforms, ensuring high availability and performance
- - Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for container platforms
- - Ensure security by applying best practices and implementing necessary controls
- - Automate deployment and management using infrastructure as code tools
- - Stay up to date with ecosystem developments and propose improvements
- - Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and existing systems
- - Create technical documentation and define solutions
- - Collaborate with teammates to evolve the platform and ensure service excellence
- - Continuously learn about new technologies and apply innovative concepts
- - Work in Agile mode to develop the environment and meet stakeholder needs
- - Participate in solution strategy, innovation, and global technology roadmap
- - Support cloud incidents and problems, providing monitoring, profiling, and troubleshooting for existing solutions

Mandatory Skills

Description:

- - 5+ years experience with Open Shift and/or Kubernetes, Docker (Open Shift preferred)
- - 5+ years experience in software engineering or systems engineering (professional/academic)
- - 3+ years experience Infrastructure as Code experience, preferably Terraform
- - 3+ years programming/scripting experience (Bash, Python, JSON, YAML)
- - 3+ years UNIX/Linux OS and CLI administration
- - 3+ years Windows OS, MS-DOS, and/or Power Shell scripting
- - 3+ years experience with version control systems (Git preferred)
- - Ability to clearly communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences
- - Comfortable working in a dynamic, agile environment with strong time management
- - Proficient English (B2 level)

Nice-to-Have Skills

Description:

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- Experience with CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- - Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize)
- - Understanding of security protocols and practices (SSO, OAuth2, OpenID, certificates)
- - Ability to set up monitoring, logging, and alerting for Kubernetes clusters
- - Knowledge of Kubernetes security best practices (RBAC, network, pod security policies)
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- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio)
- - Knowledge of serverless frameworks (Knative, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
- - Familiarity with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
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- Experience with Git Hub and/or Azure Dev Ops
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- Experience with Agile development techniques
- - Strong troubleshooting and analysis skills