Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Kubernetes and Containerization

　　Why WWT?

　　Fueled by creativity and ideation, World Wide Technology strives to accelerate our growth and nurture future innovation. From our world-class culture to our generous benefits, to developing cutting-edge technology solutions, WWT constantly works towards its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is a great place to work. We encourage our employees to embrace collaboration, get creative, and think outside the box when it comes to delivering some of the most advanced technology solutions for our customers.

　　WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ approximately 9,000 individuals and closed nearly 17B in revenue. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For®" list for the twelfth consecutive year!

　　Want to work with highly motivated individuals that come together to form high-performance teams? Come join WWT today!

　　The ideal candidate is a smart, passionate technologist with extensive knowledge of Kubernetes both in the data center and the cloud who wants to bring together the best of development and operations. We seek to blend software engineering with systems engineering to design, develop, run, and scale the next generation of systems for a global company that demands scalability, reliability, and innovation.

　　As a valued member of the team, the infrastructure engineer will be responsible for supporting the core Kubernetes platform and related compute, networking, and storage environment in our data center. The team member should possess strong technical and communication skills to partner with IT teams to manage and maintain an enterprise data center. The ideal candidate must have the ability and motivation to expand their technical knowledge and skills through a combination of formal training, self-directed training, and on-the-job experience.

　　Responsibilities

　　Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure business requirements and functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs; evaluate project deliverables to ensure they meet specifications and architectural standards.Design, configure, and maintain Kubernetes clusters or other container orchestrators in a production environment including on-premises anfawsd cloud providers.Understand software design patterns and development experience in Golang, Yaml, and Python/shell; understand application-level software architecture.Automate and simplify team development, test, and operations processes; develop detailed architecture plans for large-scale enterprise architecture projects and drive the plans to completion.Translate application requirements into system requirements that can be used to design and implement the Kubernetes environment for applications. Provide mentoring and guidance to more junior-level engineers; may provide feedback and direction on specific engineering tasks.Create and maintain detailed documentation of the infrastructure environment. Participate in team on-call rotation.Provide excellent customer service.

　　Qualifications

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　Production experience in large, containerized computing environments utilizing Kubernetes with Docker containers for an IT enterprise-wide environment.Experience leveraging CI/CD tooling like ArgoCD, Jenkins, Codefresh, Artifactory, and GitHub.Ability to debug performance and failure issues in the container ecosystem.Experience in managing Enterprise Storage, Compute, and virtualization. Experience with Ubuntu, RedHat, or other Linux derivatives.Experience in automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet.Critical thinker with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Team-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and growth mindset.

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification or other Kubernetes/Docker Certifications.Possess a strong understanding of DevOps culture, Microservices Architecture, Kubernetes Clusters, Containers, CICD practices, and building solutions in the public cloud (Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS).Knowledge of Azure cloud architectures, configurations, services, and solutions.Capability to build CRDs and custom operators in Kubernetes-managed container echo system.Familiarity with backup & recovery technologies and concepts. Good understanding and experience in various observability tools in terms of logging, monitoring, and tracing.

　　The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

　　Health and Well-being: Heath, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness ProgramFinancial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition ReimbursementPaid Time Off PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, BereavementAdditional Perks: Nursing Mothers' Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

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