Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Siza- Buso Consulting • Philadelphia, PA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Kubernetes Platform Engineer will help modernise mission-critical cloud infrastructure by transforming legacy voice services into scalable, resilient, cloud-native platforms. The role focuses on Kubernetes, DevOps, automation, and cloud technologies, supporting infrastructure migration and operational readiness. This is a six-month contract with a hybrid working arrangement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. W2 candidates only; visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not available.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience administering, deploying, and troubleshooting Kubernetes.
• Proven expertise in Ansible, including playbook and role development.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, or OpenShift.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Scripting skills, preferably Python.
• Strong production support and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Approximately 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• A bachelor's degree.
• W2 candidates only.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift.
• Experience with telecom or voice technologies.
• Experience with SIP.
• Experience with cloud migrations.
• Experience with GitOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes-based platforms for high-availability applications.
• Modernise legacy virtual-machine-based services by moving them to containerised environments.
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Ansible and Terraform.
• Configure cloud platforms and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex application and infrastructure issues.
• Support migration, testing, production deployment, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to improve reliability, security, and performance.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior