Senior Kubernetes Engineer

Pinnacle Technical Resources

Mclean,, Virginia

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$90–$100 Per Hour
JOB TYPE
Contractor
SKILLS
Agile Programming Methodologies, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, AngularJS, Application Integration, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Servers, Authentication, Banking Services, Best Practices, Bootstrap, Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Management, Data Modeling, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Docker, Fuzz Testing, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Git, Groovy Programming Language, HTML5, HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol), Hibernate, Hybrid Cloud, Identity Data Management, Information Technology & Information Systems, Integration Testing, Internet Application, Internet Technology, Interviewing Skills, Java, Java Persistence API (JPA), JavaScript, Jenkins, Linux Operating System, Load Balancing, Microservices, Microsoft C# .NET (C Sharp .NET), Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Visual Basic.NET, Microsoft Windows Azure, OAuth, Onboarding, Perl Programming Language, PostgreSQL, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Privacy Controls, Production Control, Production Management, Professional Services, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Python Programming/Scripting Language, REST (Representational State Transfer), RPC (Remote Procedure Call), Ruby, SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Service Delivery, Service-Oriented Architecture (fka Distributed Object Architecture), Single Sign-On (SSO), Software Design, Software Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Static Analysis, System Integration (SI), Test Automation, Use Cases, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Writing Skills
LOCATION
Mclean,, Virginia
POSTED
1 day ago
Job Title: Cloud Engineer Specialist
Location: Mclean, VA (Fully Onsite)
Duration: 6+ Months Contract
Job id – 178416

Must Have Qualifications:
  • 7 plus with preference of 10 plus years of software development with at least 5 years of Cloud domain expertise in AWS, Microservices, Cloud integration, and access management. Candidate must have hands on experience with rest API in Java or Python.

Job Description:
A successful candidate will have the following characteristics:
Core Competencies - Primary Focus:
  • Cloud Deployment & Operations: History of contributing to cloud deployments in an engineering role
  • Service-Oriented Architecture: Deep understanding of SOA, microservices, and cloud-native application design
  • API Development and Security: Building and securing APIs for distributed cloud systems and identity context sharing.
  • API integration with IAM systems.
  • Complex System Integration: Experience integrating multiple cloud services and third-party applications in enterprise environments
  • Software Development Lifecycle: Full SDLC experience with cloud platforms and information security applications

Deployment Experience:
  • History of contributing to production deployments in an engineering role

Core Competencies - Supporting:
  • OAuth & Authentication: Building OAuth solutions for cloud service authentication and authorization
  • Federation & SSO: SAML configuration and Single Sign-On integration across cloud applications
  • IAM Architecture: Understanding of Identity Lifecycle Management, Access Management, and Credential Management in cloud contexts
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Security integration (Duo or Microsoft Authenticator) into authentication, authorization, and SSO processes
  • Complex Integration: Experience with complex Identity and Access Management integration and service delivery use cases
  • Identity Lifecycle Management: User provisioning/de-provisioning
  • Data Management: Strong knowledge in identity and access data correlation, normalization, and building cohesive identity and access data models for large enterprises

Requirements:
Experience:
  • 10 plus years in software development focused on cloud technologies and distributed systems
  • 5 plus years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in enterprise environments
  • 3 plus years with full SDLC for cloud/hybrid applications: requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing, and deployment automation
  • 3 plus years with cloud infrastructure: Kubernetes/Docker, cloud databases, application servers, networking (VPC, load balancers, API gateways), Linux, and security/data flows
  • 3 plus years designing and implementing cloud solutions with integrated security and IAM
  • Experience with IAM architecture: OAuth, SSO, SAML federation, and MFA integration in cloud applications
Technical Skills:
  • Amazon Web Services: EC2, EKS, ECS, KMS, S3, IAM, RDS, etc.
  • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes
  • Service Mesh: Istio
  • Package Management: Helm, pip
  • IaC: Terraform, Cloud Formation
  • DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Git, Artifactory
  • Design Patterns: Formal design patterns and industry best-practices
  • Java Stack: Spring / Spring Boot, JPA / Hibernate, Postgres, REST / RPC calls over HTTP
  • Scripting Languages: Groovy / Perl / Python / Ruby
Soft Skills:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Self-motivated, driven, and creative individual

Differentiators:
  • WebAuthn: Experience is a nice to have
  • Robot / Sauce Labs
  • Security: PKI, SSL / TLS, Fuzzing, etc.
  • Scaling CI / CD systems and microservices
  • Code coverage analysis / static analysis tools
  • Agile Methodologies: Scrum and other agile programming processes
  • Overseeing / managing production web application deployment
  • Frontend Technologies: JavaScript / TypeScript / Angular
  • Web Technologies: HTML5 / Bootstrap
  • .NET Languages: C#, VB .NET

About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit www.ptrglobal.com
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Pay Range: $90-100/hr.
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