Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Duration: 12+ Months contract with extension
Location: Culver City, CA (preferred) Sunnyvale, CA (Secondary option)
Job Description:
Lead DevOps Engineer for start-up like environment to bring mastery of Technology, Leadership, Communication and Strategy to lead a team of platform engineers. Opportunity to grow a talented team and build an innovative DevOps platform to help achieve its goals.
Responsibilities and duties
- Lead solutioning and problem-solving collaborating across engineering and development teams to containerize applications and deploy them on Kubernetes
- Optimize Kubernetes cluster performance, resource utilization, and cost-effectiveness
- Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for Kubernetes environments
- Ensure the security of Kubernetes clusters by following best practices and implementing security controls
- Automate Kubernetes deployment and management processes using infrastructure as code tools
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kubernetes infrastructure and deployments
- Stay up to date with Kubernetes ecosystem developments and propose improvements
Skills and qualifications:
- 10+ years proven experience as a lead Kubernetes engineer or similar role (e.g., DevOps engineer with Kubernetes focus) primarily working in autonomous, SaaS start-up environments.
- Leadership experience including road mapping strategy.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes concepts, components, and APIs
- Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, containers) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Helm)
- Strong CI/CD (Infra as code) tools, pipelines, deployments (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
- Strong programming skills in one or more languages (e.g., Go, Python, Java)
- Proven Leadership skills with mastery in observability and thoughtful, holistic set ups.
- Self-starter in autonomous environment with strong resourcefulness, and scrappy skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Preferred skills and experience:
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certifications