Devops Engineer - Only USC or GC - Only W2
Role summary
Seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Kubernetes platform engineering and design, not operations-focused. This role is part of the Platform Design Team within the Core Network Engineering Group and will focus on building scalable, automated, and secure infrastructure platforms for containerized workloads. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in Kubernetes (RKE2), platform architecture, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native ecosystem tools, along with exposure to AIOps and modern observability frameworks.
Job Title: DevOps Engineer (Platform Design – Kubernetes)
Location:
Remote
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Summary
Seeking a highly skilled
DevOps Engineer
with strong expertise in
Kubernetes platform engineering and design
(not operations-focused). This role is part of the
Platform Design Team
within the Core Network Engineering Group and will focus on building scalable, automated, and secure infrastructure platforms for containerized workloads.
The ideal candidate will have deep experience in
Kubernetes (RKE2), platform architecture, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native ecosystem tools
, along with exposure to
AIOps and modern observability frameworks
.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong experience in
Kubernetes (RKE2 preferred)
– platform design & engineering
- Expertise in
DevOps tools and GitOps practices
- Hands-on experience with:
- ArgoCD, GitLab, JFrog Artifactory
- Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana
- Istio, Kiali
- Ansible, Shell scripting
- Programming/scripting knowledge in
Python
- Strong understanding of:
- Containerization & microservices architecture
- Networking concepts & service mesh
- Security frameworks (OPA, Vault)
- Experience in
infrastructure automation and scalable platform design
Nice to Have
- Experience with
AIOps / AI-driven infrastructure (MCP or similar)
- Exposure to telecom or
Core Network Engineering environments
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems