Senior Kubernetes / GCP Platform Engineer (GKE)

ZipStaff•Scottsdale, AZ

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior Kubernetes / GCP Platform Engineer to support production platform, automation, and observability work at a major healthcare organization. You will operate GKE, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and Prometheus/Grafana in a hybrid Scottsdale team—with on-call production triage and a clear AIOps / ML-platform overlay (model lifecycle, monitoring, AI-driven alerting).

Requirements

7+ years of platform, SRE, or cloud engineering experience.
Strong Kubernetes and GCP (GKE).
Strong Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
Proficiency in Python, Ansible, and Node.js.
Strong Prometheus and Grafana.
Solid Linux and networking fundamentals.
Incident management, on-call, and production triage.
Hands-on CI/CD and automation.
Working understanding of AI/ML concepts and AIOps (model lifecycle, monitoring, or AI-driven alerting).
Ability to work hybrid in Scottsdale, AZ.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Google Cloud Architect.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
Java / J2EE / Spring Boot.
MLOps or operating ML/AI platforms and pipelines.
AIOps tools, anomaly detection, or predictive analytics.
Large-scale distributed systems and microservices.
GPU workloads or ML infrastructure on GCP.
Kubeflow, Vertex AI, or ML pipelines.
AI-driven automation in monitoring and incident response.

Responsibilities

Design, operate, and support Kubernetes on GCP (GKE).
Build and maintain IaC with Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
Automate platform work with Python, Ansible, and Node.js.
Run Prometheus and Grafana for production observability.
Handle incident management, on-call, and production triage.
Own CI/CD pipelines and platform automation.
Apply AI/ML and AIOps practices (model lifecycle, monitoring, AI-driven alerting).
Support Linux systems and network fundamentals on a large distributed / microservices footprint.