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Sr. Kubernetes/Docker Engineer
Newark, NJ

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Sr. Kubernetes/Docker Engineer

Newark NJ

Financial Company

Long Term Contract

* Standing up and administering Kubernetes cluster on on-perm and Amazon Cloud.
* Proven expertise in Kubernetes Container Orchestration , Docker Containers , Amazon AKS .
* Ensure optimum performance, high availability and stability of solutions and Ensure the container orchestration platform (Docker/Kubernetes) is regularly maintained and released to production without any downtime
* Increase the effectiveness, reliability and performance of container orchestration platform (Docker/Kubernetes) by identifying and measuring key indicators, making changes to the production systems in an automated way and evaluating the results
* Ensure that the container orchestration platform (Docker/Kubernetes) is maintained properly by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, performance and system health.
* Assist development teams to migrate applications to Docker based PaaS platform
* Design and implement required failover mechanisms within the Docker/Kubernetes ecosystems
* Use automation tools like provisioning using Docker, Jenkins and GitLab.
* Ability to perform data related benchmarking, performance analysis and tuning.
* Strong skills in In-memory applications, Database Design, Data Integration.
* Involve in design and capacity review meetings to provide suggestion in Kubernetes Platform usage.
* Solid knowledge of monitoring tools and fine tuning alerts on Prometheus, Grafana ,Splunk.
* Providing naming conventions, Backup & Recovery and problem determination strategies for the projects.
* Monitor, prevent and troubleshoot security related issues.
* Provide strategic vision in engineering solutions that touch the messaging queue aspect of the infrastructure.
* Experience with Mesos DC/OS, Rancher and Docker Swarm is an advantage.

QUALIFICATIONS

* 3 years demonstrated proficiency and experience in design, implementation, monitoring, and troubleshooting Kubernetes & Docker Container Orchestration infrastructure.
* Overall 7+ Years of experience in Middleware & System Engineering - Linux, Networking , Tomcat , APACHE, MQ , Jenkins.
* Must have proven prior experience in managing a large K8S cluster and scaling it significantly at enterprise scale
* Must be well versed in generic administration tasks of managing Docker images, container networking and standard infrastructure maintenance tasks on Docker and Kubernetes platform
* Must have knowledge of Linux kernel options such as control groups and defining application groups to restrict resources
* Good Linux system administrator skills and TCP/IP network fundamentals
* Expertise in building automation tools in any of the programming language such as Terraform, Chef , Python or Golang
* Experience with monitoring tools such as Graphite, Splunk, Grafana and Prometheus
* In-depth experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines and setting up Helm repository packages
* Considerable experience in implementing RBAC Security for kubernetes.
* Support 24*7 Model and be available to support rotational on-call work ( including Saturday/Sunday )
* Competent working in one or more environments highly integrated with an operating system.
* High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.
* Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities
* Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance
* Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
* Proven leadership abilities including effective knowledge sharing, conflict resolution, facilitation of open discussions, fairness and displaying appropriate levels of assertiveness.
* Ability to communicate highly complex technical information clearly and articulately for all levels and audiences.
* Willingness to learn new technologies/tool and train your peers.
* Proven track record to automate

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