Senior DevOps Architect

As a Senior DevOps Architect at Effectual, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and optimizing our DevOps practices. You will be responsible for architecting and securing Kubernetes clusters and its ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of both DevOps and security principles to integrate them seamlessly. You will report to the Sr. Director App Modernization Practice.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Meet with a customer or internal team member to troubleshoot, educate, and unblock implementation progress.
• Partner with an Engagement Manager to craft a customer communication.
• Gather requirements, document current state, and educate customers on your solution approach.
• Jump on a pre-sales call to demonstrate Effectual's expertise to a potential customer.
• Conduct cost-benefit and risk-reward analyses
• Be accountable for the overall technical success of client projects
• Work with technology management to refine project management processes to improve technical delivery efficacy.

Architecture and Design

• Develop and maintain DevOps architectural standards and best practices
• Develop and maintain architectural standards and best practices and its components across diverse infrastructures
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, Helm, and GitOps workflows
• Design and implement secure, automated, and scalable CI/CD pipelines
• Design and document a system in AWS to meet customer requirements

Kubernetes Expertise

• Design and architect enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters hosted in various environments including AWS and on-prem
• Configure and optimize Kubernetes addons to extend platform capabilities and securely integrate with external systems such as auto-scaling, load balancing, service meshes and observability solutions
• Enforce RBAC, network policies and other guardrails for cluster security in multi-tenant environment
• Provide expertise in troubleshooting and resolving issues in a Kubernetes platform and hosted applications
• Evangelize Kubernetes best practices and drive adoption within the organization

Security Integration

• Lead the integration of security practices into the DevOps process, including code scanning, vulnerability assessments, and security testing
• Collaborate with security teams to implement and enforce security controls throughout the development lifecycle

Toolchain Management

• Evaluate, select, and implement DevOps tools and technologies that align with organizational goals
• Optimize existing toolchains for improved efficiency and security

Automation and Orchestration

• Implement automation scripts and tools for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates for cloud and on-premises environments.

Monitoring and Performance Optimization

• Establish monitoring and alerting systems for both security and performance metrics.
• Continuously optimize infrastructure …