Principal Kubernetes Cloud Engineering

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Principal, Cloud Engineering - Kubernetes / Automation

LOCATION: CHICAGO, IL

3 days in office, 2 days remote

$200 - $215K 30% Bonus

This role is all about Kubernetes, containerization and automation. You must be able to incorporate applications into cloud into Kubernetes. Need to come from a highly regulated environment. Kafka terraform and ansible. Deploying applications buildouts and software installations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Executive Director of Platform Automation and Cloud Engineering
• Design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code
• Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures for deploying services to the cloud
• Manage DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems
• Lead and participate in cloud computing environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support, including but not limited to, patches, fixes, end-of-life preparation, and upgrades
• Ensure the reliability of the services your area of responsibility provide and manage to both specific and implied SLAs to help the organization achieve both internal and external quality standard excellence for the cloud platform

Qualifications:

Working knowledge of infrastructure design and components, such as: servers, operating systems, networks, and storage

Experience with architecting, implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments for 24/7 availability

Strong hands-on experience scripting/development skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Java, JavaScript, etc. in a corporate environment

Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, Github, OpenShift, and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible

Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, AWS, Azure, etc.

10 years experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems / virtualized servers

Experience working in a financial services or highly regulated environment preferred

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification or higher strongly desired