Kubernetes Lead Engineer

Job Title: Kubernetes Lead Engineer
Location: Sparks Nevada
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

We are seeking an experienced Kubernetes Lead Engineer to guide and support large-scale container orchestration and cloud-native this role you will be responsible for architecting deploying and optimizing Kubernetes-based solutions that support high-performance resilient and scalable applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams provide leadership in Kubernetes best practices and ensure production stability and security.

This position is ideal for someone with deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes strong DevOps experience and a passion for automation and cloud technologies.

• Lead the design deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters across production and non-production environments.

• Develop implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools.

• Architect scalable and highly available infrastructure using microservices and containerization best practices.

• Manage Kubernetes networking storage monitoring and security configurations.

• Automate build deployment and infrastructure provisioning processes.

• Troubleshoot performance availability and reliability issues within Kubernetes and containerized environments.

• Provide guidance and technical leadership to DevOps Cloud and Development teams.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and align infrastructure solutions with business needs.

• Maintain detailed documentation and enforce architectural standards and governance.

• Ensure compliance with security policies and implement Kubernetes security controls and RBAC.

• Monitor and optimize cluster performance using observability tools.

• 12 years of professional IT experience with strong background in DevOps Cloud or Systems Engineering.

• Extensive hands-on experience managing Kubernetes in production environments.

• Expertise in container technologies such as Docker containerd or CRI-O.

• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure.

• Proficiency with Terraform Helm Argo CD Jenkins GitLab CI or equivalent tools.

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes networking service mesh ingress controllers and persistent storage.

• Strong scripting or programming skills in Bash Python or Go.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK/EFK or Datadog.

• Knowledge of security best practices including secrets management image scanning and policy enforcement.

• Solid understanding of Linux systems administration.

• Excellent problem-solving communication and mentoring skills.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or similar certifications.

• Experience leading infrastructure modernization or cloud migration projects.

• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.