Net2Source (N2S) · 14 hours ago
Kubernetes Engineer
Atlanta, GA
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expNet2Source is seeking a hands-on Kubernetes Engineer to build, operate, and evolve container platforms that power business-critical applications. The role involves working closely with application teams and operations to deliver secure, reliable, and cost-efficient Kubernetes environments, focusing on automation, observability, and platform resilience.
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Hiring Manager
Shubham Hayaran
Responsibilities
Design & Operate Clusters: Plan, deploy, and manage highly available Kubernetes clusters (cloud-managed or self-managed), including multi-cluster architectures and multi-tenant isolation
Platform Engineering: Implement GitOps workflows (Argo CD/Flux), manage Helm charts, and curate golden/base images and templates for repeatable, secure app onboarding
Networking & Security: Configure CNI (Calico/Cilium), Ingress/Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), TLS, RBAC, and policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno). Integrate secrets management (e.g., Vault/KMS)
Scalability & Performance: Tune autoscaling (HPA/VPA/KEDA, Cluster Autoscaler), right-size workloads, and optimize node pools and runtime parameters for throughput and cost
Storage & Data: Manage persistent volumes and CSI drivers; support stateful workloads, backup/restore (Velero), and disaster recovery strategies
CI/CD & Automation: Build and maintain pipelines (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), IaC (Terraform), and reusable modules for cluster lifecycle (provisioning, upgrades, patching)
Observability: Establish end-to-end monitoring and tracing (Prometheus/Grafana/Alertmanager, OpenTelemetry), centralized logging (ELK/OpenSearch), SLO/SLI dashboards, and actionable alerts
Reliability & Operations: Lead incident response and postmortems; drive reliability improvements, performance baselines, capacity planning, and upgrade playbooks
Security & Compliance: Enforce container and image security (Trivy, Aqua, Prisma Cloud), vulnerability remediation, admission controls, and compliance reporting
Developer Enablement: Partner with teams to containerize applications, troubleshoot deployments, and champion Kubernetes best practices and guardrails
Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Author runbooks, standards, and architecture diagrams; mentor peers and evangelize platform engineering practices
Qualification
Required
5–7 years overall in platform/DevOps/SRE roles with 3+ years operating Kubernetes in production
Proficiency with Docker/OCI, Helm, GitOps (Argo CD or Flux), and one or more service meshes (Istio/Linkerd)
Hands-on with at least one cloud: AWS (EKS), Azure (AKS), or Google Cloud (GKE); solid understanding of managed control planes and cloud networking
Strong Infrastructure as Code skills (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps)
Solid Linux fundamentals, container runtime internals, networking (L3/L4/L7), and security (RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno, secrets mgmt)
Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana/Alertmanager, OpenTelemetry) and centralized logging (ELK/OpenSearch)
Scripting in Python, Go, or Bash for automation and tooling
Demonstrated ownership of cluster upgrades, break/fix, performance tuning, and cost optimization
Clear, concise communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams in a customer-facing environment
Ability to be onsite 2 days/week at the Customer's Atlanta office
Preferred
Certifications: CKA, CKAD, CKS
Experience with Kubernetes security tooling (e.g., Trivy, Aqua, Prisma Cloud), backup/restore (Velero), and policy-as-code frameworks
Knowledge of KEDA, Cilium eBPF, NVIDIA GPU Operator, Windows containers, or air-gapped/regulated environments
Exposure to OpenShift or hybrid/on-prem Kubernetes (kOps, Rancher)
Company
Net2Source (N2S)
Net2Source (N2S) is a Minority owned global workforce solutions company recognized by SIA as the largest and fastest-growing Total Talent Solutions provider with a presence in 34 countries and in-house Glo-Cal (global and local) teams to support our clients.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ashish Garg
Founder & CEO
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