Senior Software Engineer (K8s + Golang)

Acquia is seeking a candidate to join their team as a Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Technologies Engineer. The role involves designing and implementing solutions for modernizing Acquia's infrastructure, with a focus on Kubernetes and Docker. The engineer will also be responsible for setting up Kubernetes as a platform with enterprise-level reliability and scalability. Additionally, the role requires experience in developing applications using programming languages such as Go, Python, PHP, Ruby, and shell scripting, as well as proficiency in service discovery, networking, monitoring, and scheduling in Kubernetes.

• Participate in designing and implementing solutions for modernizing Acquia infrastructure and drive adoption of Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Technologies
• Design and implement end-to-end container management solution with Kubernetes, Docker
• Design and develop Go based Kubernetes operators using the kube-builder SDK
• Set up Kubernetes as a platform with enterprise-level reliability, availability, scalability and performance requirements
• Support engineering teams to design and implement application prototypes, using modern application development practices and open source emerging technologies, covering domains like microservices, API management, web-scale architectures
• Debug technical issues inside a very deep and complex technical stack involving containers, microservices, AWS services across the different layers of a web stack (Edge, Data, etc.)
• Contribute as part of a larger team to maintain a deep understanding of system functionality and architecture, with a primary focus on the operational aspects of the service (availability, performance, change management, emergency response, capacity planning, etc)
• Evaluate new technologies and provide a recommendation to management including planning and execution of proof of concept activities.

• 2-3 years of experience in design and Software Development Background and over 1-2 years of experience in working with Containers and Cloud-Native Development
• Proficient with Kubernetes/Swarm architecture with hands-on production experience with container technologies and the tools and challenges around them
• Experience in developing applications using programming languages such as Go, Python, PHP, Ruby and shell scripting
• Proficient with object oriented programming and Software design patterns
• Proficient with service discovery, networking in Kubernetes or equivalent, monitoring, logging, scheduling
• Experience in container architecture, docker engine, runtime, container orchestration, and microservice patterns
• Experience working with AWS services such as - EC2, EBS, ALB, ECS, EKS, VPC, S3
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins (preferred), Bamboo, Git

• Proficient with Kubernetes/Swarm architecture with hands-on production experience with container technologies and the tools and challenges around them
• Experience in developing applications using programming languages such as Go, Python, PHP, Ruby and shell scripting
• Proficient with object oriented programming and Software design patterns
• Proficient with service discovery, networking in Kubernetes or equivalent, monitoring, logging, scheduling
• Experience in container architecture, docker engine, runtime, container orchestration, and microservice patterns
• Experience working with AWS services such as - EC2, EBS, ALB, ECS, EKS, VPC, S3
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins (preferred), Bamboo, Gitlab
• Experience working with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and Cloudformation
• Experience operating with TCP/IP, load balancing, security and operating production environments
• Strong Knowledge on the network layers, varnish and nginx
• Experience with distributed System Management/tracking and monitoring such as ELK Stack, Prometheus
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong team collaboration and leadership skills
• Familiarity with Agile processes (Kanban, Scrum, etc.)
• Good to have: Experience working with helm- package manager, cluster-autoscaler, cert-manager, logging-operator, metrics-server, signal-fx agent, spot-termination handler, kube2iam, external-dns, nginx-ingress, openEBS, Prometheus and Grafana
• Qualifications: BS in Computer Science (preferred), or a comparable field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Certification in AWS would be a plus
• CKA Professional certification would be plus