Containerization Specialist

Job Summary
Synechron is seeking an experienced Containerisation Specialist within the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. This role is pivotal in designing operating and optimizing container platforms and orchestration solutions to ensure platform stability scalability and resilience. The successful candidate will lead efforts in automating container workflows enhancing security and implementing observability standards all while working closely with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement. This position is critical in supporting Synechrons cloud-native initiatives and ensuring the reliability of enterprise applications.

Software Requirements

• Required:

  • Hands-on experience with Docker and container fundamentals including container image build pipelines and lifecycle management

  • Practical experience deploying and managing workloads on AWS ECS (EC2 and/or Fargate) in production environments

  • Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills (filesystem networking processes memory)

  • Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash or Python for automation tasks

  • Experience integrating container workflows into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins Buildkite GitLab)

  • Working knowledge of AWS services supporting containers (ECR ALB/NLB IAM roles Auto Scaling)

  • Knowledge of container security best practices runtime hardening and vulnerability management

  • Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog Dynatrace Splunk or Sumo Logic

• Preferred:

  • Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration (not mandatory)

  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation)

  • AWS networking concepts (VPC security groups load balancers service discovery)

  • Exposure to ITSM tools like ServiceNow

Overall Responsibilities

• Design implement and operate highly available containerized workloads on AWS ECS and Fargate.

• Optimize container lifecycle management including image creation security deployment and monitoring.

• Collaborate with application and platform teams to modernize workloads into container-first architectures.

• Enhance automation of container builds deployment and operational workflows.

• Establish and promote best practices for container security including vulnerability management least privilege and runtime security.

• Develop and implement observability strategies for container environments including metrics logs and tracing.

• Troubleshoot and resolve container network and runtime issues to maintain platform stability and performance.

• Drive operational excellence by documenting standards mentoring peers and advocating automation-first approaches.

Technical Skills (By Category)

• Container Platforms & Technologies:

  • Required: Docker fundamentals container lifecycle management AWS ECS (EC2/Fargate)

  • Preferred: Kubernetes (basic familiarity)

• Programming and Scripting:

  • Required: Bash Python or similar scripting languages for automation and operational tooling

• Cloud Technologies:

  • Required: AWS (ECS ECR ALB/NLB IAM Auto Scaling)

  • Preferred: Azure GCP for broader cloud experience

• Security & Monitoring:

  • Container security best practices vulnerability scanning runtime hardening

  • Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools like Datadog Splunk Dynatrace

• Development Tools & Methodologies:

  • CI/CD tools: Jenkins GitLab CI Buildkite

  • Container orchestration (Kubernetes) (basic knowledge preferred)

  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation) (preferred)

• Networking:

  • AWS VPC security groups load balancers service discovery (preferred)

Experience Requirements

• 5 years working in container operations DevOps or SRE environments.

• Proven experience managing container workloads in AWS ECS (EC2 or Fargate) in production.

• Strong background in Linux system administration and troubleshooting.

• Experience with secure container deployment vulnerability management and runtime security.

• Exposure to cloud infrastructure container orchestration (preferably Kubernetes) and automation pipelines.

• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments is a plus.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Deploy manage and optimize container workloads on AWS ECS and Fargate.

• Develop automation scripts and workflows to streamline container lifecycle activities.

• Monitor container environments troubleshoot issues and improve system reliability.

• Collaborate with platform engineers application teams and security teams on platform upgrades and security enhancements.

• Conduct vulnerability scans runtime security hardening and compliance checks.

• Document operational procedures standards and best practices.

• Lead efforts for capacity planning performance tuning and incident response.

• Promote a culture of automation observability and continuous learning within the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline.

• Proven experience in container platform operations especially on AWS ECS (EC2/Fargate).

• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration.

• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Security or Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD) are a plus.

• Demonstrated experience in automation security and observability practices for container environments.

Professional Competencies

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve complex operational issues.

• Leadership qualities to mentor peers and promote best practices.

• Effective communicator with the ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse teams.

• Ability to adapt quickly to emerging tools techniques and best practices.

• Commitment to operational excellence automation and security.

• Organizational skills for managing multiple priorities and continuous improvement initiatives.

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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