
Senior Software Engineer, AWS/Kubernetes - Cloud Center of Excellence
Gartner
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Irving • Connecticut • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $154,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including application developers, operations engineers, and architects—to understand project requirements and translate them into automated solutions.
- Support and enhance architecture, systems, processes, standards, and tools through collaboration and innovation.
- Lead technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for secure, highly available cloud deployments.
- Design, implement, and maintain reusable compute, storage, network, and security components using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Build reusable workflows and pipelines for application deployments.
- Develop automation scripts to create scalable, resilient systems and infrastructure with a focus on immutability and containerization.
- Implement and test automated backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures across multiple platforms.
- Utilize CAPI (Cluster API) for automating Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.
- Champion security best practices in the Kubernetes environment by implementing robust RBAC controls, enforcing network policies, conducting regular vulnerability scans, and proactively monitoring for compliance and emerging threats.
- Create and maintain clear documentation, runbooks, operational standards, and architecture diagrams.
- Assist development teams in automating application configurations and maintaining the service catalog within the internal developer portal.
- Ensure all solutions are cost-effective and instrumented for comprehensive monitoring.
- Troubleshoot, resolve, and report issues in development, test, and production environments.
- Design and deploy scalable, highly available distributed systems.
- Continuously identify and adopt best practices to improve processes.
- Mentor product teams and junior engineers on cloud technologies and DevOps practices.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in AWS cloud, Kubernetes, and DevOps roles.
- Solid experience with containerized application builds and deployment orchestration using GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux CD.
- Proficiency in infrastructure automation and management through GitOps (Terraform or Open Tofu).
- Hands-on experience with CAPI (Cluster API) for Kubernetes cluster management is highly desirable.
- Experience with Helm chart templating for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.
- Familiarity with cloud-native delivery tools (e.g., Argo CD/Rollouts, Kustomize, OCI) and related technologies.
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Shell, Groovy, etc.).
- AWS and Kubernetes certifications are a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Limitless growth and learning opportunities
- Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
- A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
- A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
- Hybrid Work Environment - enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
- 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
- Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
- 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
- Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
- Parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Gartner Gives Charity Match.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Infrastructure as CodeKubernetesAWSGitOpsTerraformCAPIHelmPythonShellGroovy
Soft Skills
collaborationleadershipcommunicationmentoringtroubleshootingprocess improvementdocumentationinnovationproblem-solvingcost-effectiveness
Certifications
AWS certificationKubernetes certification