Cleared Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/OpenShift) (Hiring Immediately)

Description:

Are you looking to take the next step in your career as a Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/OpenShift)? Let's chat and see if we are a good match!

Opportunity:

Virtual Service Operations is searching for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/OpenShift) to build, maintain, and troubleshoot a Kubernetes-based environments end to end from cluster and storage administration through CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud infrastructure. You'll be the person teams turn to when something breaks anywhere in the stack, whether that's a pod, a pipeline, a PVC, or a networking issue, and you'll drive the root-cause analysis and documentation to fix it for good.

Skills:

• Experience administering and troubleshooting Kubernetes-based environments, including OpenShift and/or RKE2
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes resources, including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, and Jobs
• Experience managing and troubleshooting persistent storage, including PVs, PVCs, StorageClasses, and volume mounts
• Experience with Ansible, including development and maintenance of playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Working knowledge of AWS, including EC2, IAM, S3, EBS, VPC/networking, CloudWatch, and associated infrastructure services
• Experience managing and troubleshooting cloud instances, storage, networking, and access controls
• Experience with Argo CD and GitOps-based deployment practices
• Familiarity with container technologies and container registries such as Harbor, Nexus, and Artifactory
• Experience with Apache Pulsar, including management or troubleshooting of topics and messaging resources
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skill
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD
• Understanding of Kubernetes/OpenShift RBAC, ServiceAccounts, secrets management, and security best practices
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, TCP/IP, ingress/egress, load balancing, and service connectivity
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across application, container, Kubernetes cluster, cloud infrastructure, storage, and networking layers
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis and document technical findings and resolutions
  

Requirements:

• Must be willing to work on-site in Richardson, TX
• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly
• Please note that this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status
• This position requires assigned team members to comply with drug testing, at time of hire or at regular or random intervals. Employees who are chosen to fill this role are expected to comply with testing requirements. VSO will pay the costs of all drug and/or alcohol tests it requires of employees and applicants. VSO will comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws relating to the use of drug and alcohol testing for employment purposes

What is Important to Us:

• You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
• You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
• Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
• You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
• You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.

What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

More About VSO: VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers

Compensation details: 205000-230000 Yearly Salary

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