Kubernetes Administrato

Hiring: W2 Candidates Only

Visa: Open to any visa type with valid work authorization in the USA

We are seeking an experienced Kubernetes Administrator to design deploy manage and optimize containerized applications across cloud and on-prem environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Kubernetes cluster operations container orchestration DevOps practices and cloud-native infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy configure and manage Kubernetes clusters (on-prem cloud-managed clusters: EKS AKS GKE).
• Administer Kubernetes components including API server scheduler controller manager kubelet and etcd.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployment and cluster updates.
• Manage containerized applications using Docker Helm charts Operators and YAML manifests.
• Monitor cluster health performance and logs using tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK Datadog or CloudWatch.
• Implement security best practices: RBAC network policies secrets management Pod Security Standards and image scanning.
• Manage cluster scaling node pools auto-scaling groups and resource quotas.
• Troubleshoot cluster issues including pod failures networking issues storage problems and performance bottlenecks.
• Work with developers and DevOps teams to ensure optimized deployments and infrastructure reliability.
• Maintain and automate cluster upgrades backup/restore and disaster recovery processes.
• Configure and administer service mesh technologies (Istio Linkerd) if applicable.
• Implement ingress controllers load balancing and service discovery.
• Document operational procedures runbooks and best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related field.
• 3-7 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration.
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration networking and system troubleshooting.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture workloads controllers CRDs and storage.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and container lifecycle management.
• Experience deploying and managing workloads on EKS AKS or GKE .
• Proficiency in writing and maintaining manifests in YAML Helm or Kustomize.
• Experience with automation and scripting (Bash Python or Go).
• Knowledge of DevOps tools: Jenkins GitLab CI ArgoCD FluxCD.
• Experience with monitoring logging and alerting tools.
• Strong understanding of networking (DNS ingress load balancing CNI plugins).
• Excellent problem-solving documentation and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes certifications (CKA CKAD CKS strongly preferred).
• Experience with Terraform Ansible or IaC for provisioning K8s resources.
• Familiarity with cloud-native technologies:
  • Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
  • API gateways
  • Container registries
• Experience with high-availability clusters and multi-region deployments.
• Knowledge of GitOps methodologies.
• Experience supporting microservices and distributed systems