Philadelphia, PA (Hybrid – 1–2 Days Onsite Weekly)

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY – NO RELOCATION AVAILABLE

Minimum 10 Years of Platform Engineering / Infrastructure Engineering Experience Required

OVERVIEW

We are seeking an experienced Kubernetes Platform Engineer to support a large-scale modernization initiative focused on transforming mission-critical voice services into cloud-native environments.

In this role, you will design, deploy, automate, and operationalize Kubernetes-based infrastructure supporting highly available, low-latency voice applications. You'll work across platform engineering, automation, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and production support while helping migrate legacy VM-based services into scalable Kubernetes environments.

This is a senior-level platform engineering role requiring deep Kubernetes administration expertise, hands-on Ansible development experience, and extensive production infrastructure experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Assess existing voice applications, infrastructure dependencies, and deployment environments

Design Kubernetes architectures for high-availability and low-latency workloads

Containerize middleware and backend applications

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment

Develop infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible

Deploy and support cloud-native platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, and OpenShift environments

Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions

Support migration planning, testing, validation, and production cutovers

Troubleshoot application, platform, and infrastructure issues

Develop operational documentation and knowledge transfer materials

Partner with development, operations, and architecture teams to modernize legacy services

Support production environments and incident response activities as needed

NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 10 years of hands-on platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or cloud engineering experience

Expert-level Kubernetes platform administration experience

Strong hands-on Ansible role and playbook development experience

Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code experience

CI/CD pipeline development and automation experience

Production cloud platform administration experience (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OpenStack)

Must currently reside within commuting distance of Philadelphia, PA

Must be able to work onsite 1–2 days per week

No relocation assistance available

No visa sponsorship available

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Kubernetes Expertise

Expert-level Kubernetes cluster administration including:

• Cluster lifecycle management
• Version upgrades
• Cluster patching
• Node management and scaling
• Multi-cluster operations
• Production incident troubleshooting
• Performance tuning
• High-availability production environments

This role requires platform-level Kubernetes administration experience, not application deployment or container deployment experience.

Ansible Expertise

Strong hands-on Ansible experience required, including:

• Writing Ansible roles from scratch
• Developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks
• Infrastructure automation
• Configuration management
• Operational automation workflows

Additional Technical Requirements

CI/CD pipeline development and automation experience

Cloud platform administration:

• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• OpenStack

Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform

Experience with monitoring, logging, dashboarding, and alerting platforms

Python scripting or programming experience

Production application support and operational troubleshooting

Strong understanding of highly available and low-latency application architectures

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Red Hat OpenShift experience

GitOps experience

AI/ML platform exposure

AI-assisted operations tooling experience

Telecom or voice application experience

SIP, SBC, IMS, or voice middleware experience

Experience supporting cloud-native migrations from VM-based environments

Experience with:

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK
• Splunk
• Datadog

COMPENSATION

$65.00 per hour (W-2)

WORK DETAILS

Location: Philadelphia, PA 19103

Hybrid Schedule: 1–2 days per week onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Local Candidates Only

Relocation Assistance: Not Available

Visa Sponsorship: Not Available

WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY STANDS OUT

Enterprise-scale modernization initiative supporting mission-critical voice services

Opportunity to lead Kubernetes platform transformation efforts

Hands-on work with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and cloud-native technologies

Exposure to large-scale production environments and cloud migration programs

High-impact role driving scalability, resiliency, automation, and operational excellence

Collaborative environment working across engineering, operations, and architecture teams