Platform Engineer DevOps

Job Title: Platform Engineer Kubernetes & Containerization

Location: Rochester NY Hybrid Must be local

Strong comm skills and higher education exp required as well as highlighted requirements.

Join our innovative team as a Platform Engineer where we leverage cuttingedge technologies to drive our business forward. We are committed to creating robust scalable and secure platforms that support our mission to deliver exceptional services to our clients.

Job Description: seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineer with expertise in Kubernetes and containerization environments to join a dynamic and evolving team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing implementing and managing container orchestration infrastructure to ensure high availability performance and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy Kubernetes clusters ensuring their reliability scalability and security.
• Manage containerization and orchestration lifecycle including deployment scaling and networking.
• Provide containerization best practices advice and consultancy to ensure current success anticipate future needs and scalability.
• Maintain Kubernetes clusters for HA containerization
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitOps principles for automated and consistent deployments.
• Administer Linuxbased systems and servers optimizing for performance and reliability.
• Utilize Docker for containerization in a virtualized Data Center
• Monitor system performance using tools like Zabbix and proactively address system issues.
• Manage Rancher for Kubernetes management to streamline cluster administration.
• Collaborate with development teams to containerize and deploy applications efficiently.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and industry standards.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members and stakeholders.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and excellence.
• Provision and maintain a virtualized server environment with hundreds of hosts

Qualifications: REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience in the Higher Education (Universities Colleges Institutes of Technology etc.) domain.
• Proven experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Strong background in Linux system administration preferably Ubuntu.
• Familiarity with GitOps and CI/CD tools and practices.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Zabbix.
• Experience with Rancher or similar Kubernetes management platforms.
• Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities (MUST have 10/10 Comm skills)

Pluses:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and implementing cloudnative solutions