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Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes Platform Engineer//W2//Remote

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Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Buffalo, NY/Remote

12+-Month Contract to possible hire/W2 only

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MUST be able to work in Eastern Time Zone w/ no issues!
Prior experience in Banking and/or Financial domains highly desired

PLEASE MAKE SURE EACH CANDIDATE PRESENTED IS WELL VETTED IN KUBERNETES!!
Manager is seeking an OpenShift Platform Engineer - someone hands on w/ OpenShift and/or Kubernetes (must have extensive experience/knowledge), & MUST be able to hit the ground running.
Must have proven experience w/ these technologies, & ability to talk about them in detail as they will throw some heavy technical questions at them during the interviews.
Any GitOps Workflows (ArgoCD experience) highly desired.
Minimum of 8 yrs. professional experience.
Kubernetes experience/knowledge is extremely important w/ a strong LINUX background.
In core of Kubernetes day in, day-out, & heavily doing Automation.
Architectural work, & some Admin tasks within team (will not be doing any app. deployment).
NOT looking for pure DevOps or pure Architect!
He will read the 1st page of the resume only to see if the candidate has the exp. he's seeking, so if there's something important we want him to see we will need to call it out on the 1st page.

Overview: Client is seeking an experienced OpenShift/Kubernetes Engineer to join a team managing and maintaining the bank's container platform. This person should bring expert knowledge of the OpenShift/Kubernetes platform and best practices for cluster deployments to the team. A large part of this role will be playing with the latest and greatest technologies and making recommendations on how to take advantage of them. An ideal candidate should have excellent technical credentials, experience in containers, networking, storage, compute, cloud infrastructure design and implementation, and excellent communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities: Automate the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of the bank's OpenShift clusters through the creation and deployment of custom pipelines Participate in the review of new cluster configurations and pipelines to ensure they achieve their intended result in a non-disruptive manner Identify, recommend, and implement upgrades and enhancements required to maintain system functionality and optimal performance Lead efforts in infrastructure automation and continuous deployment utilizing a CI/CD pipeline in a private virtualized environment Document any new services or infrastructure being deployed as well as ensuring that current documentation remains accurate and follows best practices Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization Responsibilities may include infrastructure architecture and design, research, and development of new or expanded systems, creation of technology standards and policies, thorough analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, unit test and system integration, and user acceptance testing Provide mentorship and coaching to engineers, technicians, and integrators Maintain a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments, and vendor technologies in use Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis Coordinate vendor interactions and support tickets when required Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards, and procedures Complete other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required: Combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience Strong understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design

Education and Experience Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Managing Information Systems, or other related field of study 8 years' professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured, high quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches Excellent written and verbal communication skills Expert knowledge and experience with container technologies using OpenShift/Kubernetes and Podman/Docker (build, configure, support) In-depth knowledge of Linux systems and how to configure them Ability to write sustainable scripts using a language such as Python, Perl, or Bash Experience with automation and creating Ansible playbooks and/or Terraform HCL Advanced knowledge of Azure services, specifically Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Red Hat Openshift (ARO) In-depth experience using GitOps (ArgoCD) to configuring and maintaining Kubernetes clusters at scale

Regards,

Ayush Sharma

Sr. US IT Recruiter

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