Kubernetes Engineer/IT|Software Engineering - Group 2 - Lead II - Software Engineering - 14505-1

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Kubernetes Engineer

Bellevue, WA
W2 only

Job Description:

Kubernetes, Golang, Argo CD, Flux , We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Kubernetes DevOps engineer to join our platform engineering team. The candidate is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating an abstraction layer over our Kubernetes to simplify the developer experience for running workloads by encapsulating best practices such as scalability and security. This role involves a deep understanding of Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, security, and an obsession over promoting changes to a central platform without impacting its customers.

Key Responsibilities : Design and implement a platform specification file based on the OAM format that conforms to both developer and platform infrastructure requirements. Leverage your experience with K8s and infrastructure to ensure that deployments are secure, scalable, and conform to best practices.

• Collaborate with team that manages underlying infrastructure to ensure that they are providing the required capabilities for you to build and manage your platform. Design a developer experience around the specifications to make it as easy to use as possible. Built integrations using code or scripting to deliver this experience. Consider experiences related to workload deployment and day 2 operations.
• Create a set of recommendations for how development teams should consume the specification file to reduce the risk of outages.
• Build out an SDLC for the specification to support fast code development and the ability to update the specification file without causing downtime or impacting customers. Design and implement release, development, and testing processes.

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7-10 years of experience building platforms. · Strong background in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, and management.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, including security, the object model, and architecture.
• Strong understanding of K8s ecosystem tooling: Argocd, Flux, ingress controllers, service-mesh.
• Expertise building CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes environments using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub.
• Proficiency with Golang.
• Strong understanding of the SDLC and experience of how developers develop, release and operate systems. Strong opinions on how software development should be done.
• Proficiency in GitOps and the software development life cycle in cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and teamwork skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience with Terraform.
• Experience with OAM and Kubevela.
• Experience writing controllers via Kubebuilder or Crossplane.
• Experience with GitLab
• Experience in implementing and managing service mesh solutions like Istio or Linkerd to improve microservice communication and reliability within Kubernetes.
• Experience writing tests using the ginkgo/gomega frameworks.

Job Description: Expectations from this role: Act creatively to develop applications by selecting appropriate technical options, optimizing application development, maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions. Account for others' developmental activities; assisting Project Manager in day to day project execution.

• Interpret the application, feature, and component designs to develop the same in accordance with specifications.
• Code, debug, test, document and communicate product, component and feature development stages.
• Validate results with user representatives, integrating and commissions the overall solution.
• Select and create appropriate technical options for development such as reusing, improving or reconfiguration of existing components while creating own solutions for new contexts
• Optimises efficiency, cost and quality.
• Influence and improve customer satisfaction
• Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams
• Set FAST goals for self Typical

 Performance measures:

• Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)
• Adherence to project schedule / timelines
• Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project
• Number of defects in the code
• Number of defects post delivery
• Number of non compliance issues
• Percent of voluntary attrition
• On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings

Performance Areas Code: Code as per the design Define coding standards, templates and checklists Review code – for team and peers

Documentation: Create/review templates, checklists, guidelines, standards for design/process/development Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation, requirements, test cases and results

Configure: Define and govern configuration management plan Ensure compliance from the team

Test: Review/Create unit test cases, scenarios and execution Review test plan created by testing team Provide clarifications to the testing team.

Domain relevance : Advise software developers on design and development of features and components with deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value addition to customers Complete relevant domain certifications

Manage Project: Support Project Manager with inputs for the projects Manage delivery of modules Manage complex user stories Manage Defects: Perform defect RCA and mitigation Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality Estimate: Create and provide input for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects Manage knowledge: Consume and contribute to project related documents, share point, libraries and client universities Review the reusable documents created by the

Team Release: Execute and monitor release process Design: Contribute to creation of design (HLD, LLD, SAD)/architecture for applications, features business components and data models Interface with

Customer: Clarify requirements and provide guidance to Development Team Present design options to customers Conduct product demos Work closely with customer architects for finalizing design Manage Team: Set FAST goals and provide feedback Understand aspirations of the team members and provide guidance, opportunities, etc Ensure team members are upskilled Ensure team is engaged in project Proactively identify attrition risks and work with BSE on retention measures

Certifications: Obtain relevant domain and technology certifications

Skill Examples:

• Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer
• Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications
• Break down complex problems into logical components
• Develop user interfaces, business software components
• Use data models
• Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components
• Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environments
• Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges  
• Manage a team, mentor and handle people related issues in team
• Have the ability to maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics within the team.
• Interface with other teams, designers, and other parallel practices
• Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members
• Create and articulate impactful technical presentations
• Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication
• Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions
• Proactively ask for and offer help Ability to work under pressure, determine dependencies, risks, facilitate planning handling multiple tasks.
• Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables timely with a quality product.
• Estimate time and effort of resources required for developing / debugging features / components

Knowledge Examples:

• Appropriate software programs / modules
• Functional & technical designing
• Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
• DBMS
• Operating Systems and software platforms
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• Rapid application development (RAD)
• Modelling technology and languages
• Interface definition languages (IDL)
• Broad knowledge of customer domain and deep knowledge of sub domain where problem is solved

Additional Sills: Kubernetes,Golang,Argo,Flux Skills: Category Name Required Importance Experience No items to display.