{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"dd2898bf859207e6da57945a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/dd2898bf859207e6da57945a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/dd2898bf859207e6da57945a","title":"Sr Devops Specialist (Containers / EKS)","description":"While technology is the heart of our business, a global and diverse culture is the heart of our success. We love our people and we take pride in catering them to a culture built on transparency, diversity, integrity, learning and growth.\n\nIf working in an environment that encourages you to innovate and excel, not just in professional but personal life, interests you- you would enjoy your career with Quantiphi!\nAbout Quantiphi:\nQuantiphi is an award-winning, AI-First global digital engineering company that helps the world’s leading Fortune 1000 organizations transform bold ideas into measurable business impact. We go beyond building innovative AI technologies—we solve the problems that matter most to our clients.\nSince our founding in 2013, Quantiphi has built a proven track record of turning complex challenges into meaningful outcomes across industries.\nHeadquartered in Boston, with more than 4,000 professionals worldwide, we partner with global enterprises to deliver large-scale digital, cloud, and AI-driven transformation. #SolvingWhatMatters.\nWe are an Elite and Premier partner to Google Cloud, AWS, NVIDIA, Snowflake, and other leading technology platforms, and our work has been recognized across the industry, including:\n21 Google Cloud Partner of the Year awards in the past 10 years\n3 AWS AI/ML Partner of the Year awards\n3 NVIDIA Partner of the Year awards\n3 Snowflake Partner of the Year awards\nRated Leaders by Gartner, Forrester, IDC, ISG, Everest Group and other leading analyst firms\nQuantiphi delivers First-in-class AI solutions across Life Sciences, Healthcare, Banking, Financial Services, CPG, Manufacturing, Energy, High-Tech, Telecommunications, etc., powered by cutting-edge Generative AI and Agentic AI accelerators.\nWe are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work—reflecting our commitment to our people and our culture.\nFor more details, visit: Website or LinkedIn Page\nRole: Sr Devops Engineer\nExperience Level: 8+ years\nEmployment type: Full Time\nLocation: Remote (USA)\nWhat You Will Do:\n\nStrategic Landscape Assessment & Consolidation:\nLead Enterprise EKS Audit: Conduct a comprehensive architectural assessment of the current environment comprising 20+ disparate EKS clusters, analyzing workload distribution, compute utilization, and AWS security postures.\nFormulate Consolidation Roadmap: Architect a strategic consolidation plan to migrate workloads from legacy clusters into a streamlined, highly available, and cost-optimized multi-tenant EKS platform.\nEnterprise Platform Architecture:\nDefine CNI & Service Mesh Strategy: Serve as the technical authority to evaluate and resolve complex architectural decisions regarding Container Network Interfaces (e.g., AWS VPC CNI vs. Cilium) and Service Mesh implementations, optimizing for network performance, observability, and IPAM constraints.\nArchitect the Golden Cluster Standard: Design and establish the standardized, production-ready \"Golden Cluster\" architecture. Develop the foundational Terraform frameworks to automate the deployment of the EKS control plane, VPC infrastructure, Karpenter/node groups, and core add-ons.\nDesign Advanced Traffic & Storage Patterns: Architect a highly resilient ingress strategy utilizing the AWS Load Balancer Controller for secure external traffic routing, and establish enterprise patterns for persistent storage using EFS and EBS CSI drivers.\nSecurity, Governance & Pilot Execution:\nEstablish Zero-Trust Security Postures: Enforce strict least-privilege access by mandating EKS Pod Identity or IRSA across the platform. Architect secure cluster communications using Security Groups for Pods and strict Kubernetes\nNetwork Policies:\nLead Architectural Validation: Define the scope and success criteria for pilot migrations.\nOversee the end-to-end deployment and validation of representative Python microservice workloads to prove out the AWS architecture, ingress, and mesh capabilities.\n\nLifecycle Governance & Platform Scalability\nDefine Cluster Lifecycle Frameworks: Establish enterprise governance for zero-downtime EKS version upgrades, AMI lifecycles, and create comprehensive architectural runbooks for platform operations teams.\nArchitect Disaster Recovery: Design and integrate enterprise-grade backup, restore, and disaster recovery capabilities for cluster state and persistent volumes using Velero and Amazon S3.\nDesign CI/CD Infrastructure: Partner with engineering leadership to architect and deploy dynamic, scalable CI/CD execution environments (e.g., GitHub Actions Runner Controller) directly on the EKS platform.\nBasic Qualifications (BQ):\nEKS Architectural Mastery: Deep expertise in designing multi-tenant, highly available EKS environments at enterprise scale, including control plane architecture, compute strategies, and Kubernetes core governance (RBAC, Pod Security Standards).\nAdvanced AWS Networking & CNI Strategy: Expert-level understanding of AWS VPC topologies, Transit Gateway, and the strategic selection/implementation of CNIs (AWS VPC CNI, Cilium, Calico) to solve complex IPAM, scaling, and performance challenges.\nEnterprise Security & IAM: Authoritative knowledge of AWS IAM integration with Kubernetes, specifically architecting IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA), EKS Pod Identity, and AWS KMS encryption strategies.\nTraffic Management & Service Mesh: Proven experience architecting enterprise ingress patterns (AWS Load Balancer Controller, API Gateways) and designing Service Mesh architectures (Istio Ambient/Sidecar, Cilium Mesh) for zero-trust networking.\nIaC & Automation Governance: Advanced Terraform expertise, focusing on designing modular, scalable, and compliant IaC frameworks for EKS fleet management and foundational add-ons.\nOther Qualifications (OQ):\nEnterprise Consolidation Leadership: Proven track record of leading massive cluster consolidation programs, migrating sprawling multi-cluster environments into streamlined, cost-optimized architectures.\nFinOps & Compute Strategy: Deep experience with advanced AWS compute scaling and cost-optimization strategies, including Karpenter, Spot Instances, and Graviton (ARM) processors.\nStateful Workloads & DR: Experience architecting AWS persistent storage (EBS/EFS CSI drivers) and enterprise disaster recovery frameworks (Velero backing up to Amazon S3).\nPlatform Engineering & CI/CD: Experience designing scalable, containerized CI/CD runner infrastructure (e.g., GitHub Actions Runner Controller) directly on EKS to support developer platforms.\nWhat is in it for you:\nJoin one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-first digital engineering companies and make a real impact at scale.\nLead and collaborate with a high-energy team of talented, driven individuals solving complex, meaningful challenges.\nWork with Fortune 500 companies and disruptive innovators in a research-driven environment with 60+ patents.\nStay ahead of the curve by gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI, ML, data, and cloud technologies while continuously upskilling.\nIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!","company":"Quantiphi","rawCompany":"quantiphi","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-03T17:12:33.747Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr Devops Specialist (Containers / EKS)","description":"While technology is the heart of our business, a global and diverse culture is the heart of our success. We love our people and we take pride in catering them to a culture built on transparency, diversity, integrity, learning and growth.\n\nIf working in an environment that encourages you to innovate and excel, not just in professional but personal life, interests you- you would enjoy your career with Quantiphi!\nAbout Quantiphi:\nQuantiphi is an award-winning, AI-First global digital engineering company that helps the world’s leading Fortune 1000 organizations transform bold ideas into measurable business impact. We go beyond building innovative AI technologies—we solve the problems that matter most to our clients.\nSince our founding in 2013, Quantiphi has built a proven track record of turning complex challenges into meaningful outcomes across industries.\nHeadquartered in Boston, with more than 4,000 professionals worldwide, we partner with global enterprises to deliver large-scale digital, cloud, and AI-driven transformation. #SolvingWhatMatters.\nWe are an Elite and Premier partner to Google Cloud, AWS, NVIDIA, Snowflake, and other leading technology platforms, and our work has been recognized across the industry, including:\n21 Google Cloud Partner of the Year awards in the past 10 years\n3 AWS AI/ML Partner of the Year awards\n3 NVIDIA Partner of the Year awards\n3 Snowflake Partner of the Year awards\nRated Leaders by Gartner, Forrester, IDC, ISG, Everest Group and other leading analyst firms\nQuantiphi delivers First-in-class AI solutions across Life Sciences, Healthcare, Banking, Financial Services, CPG, Manufacturing, Energy, High-Tech, Telecommunications, etc., powered by cutting-edge Generative AI and Agentic AI accelerators.\nWe are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work—reflecting our commitment to our people and our culture.\nFor more details, visit: Website or LinkedIn Page\nRole: Sr Devops Engineer\nExperience Level: 8+ years\nEmployment type: Full Time\nLocation: Remote (USA)\nWhat You Will Do:\n\nStrategic Landscape Assessment & Consolidation:\nLead Enterprise EKS Audit: Conduct a comprehensive architectural assessment of the current environment comprising 20+ disparate EKS clusters, analyzing workload distribution, compute utilization, and AWS security postures.\nFormulate Consolidation Roadmap: Architect a strategic consolidation plan to migrate workloads from legacy clusters into a streamlined, highly available, and cost-optimized multi-tenant EKS platform.\nEnterprise Platform Architecture:\nDefine CNI & Service Mesh Strategy: Serve as the technical authority to evaluate and resolve complex architectural decisions regarding Container Network Interfaces (e.g., AWS VPC CNI vs. Cilium) and Service Mesh implementations, optimizing for network performance, observability, and IPAM constraints.\nArchitect the Golden Cluster Standard: Design and establish the standardized, production-ready \"Golden Cluster\" architecture. Develop the foundational Terraform frameworks to automate the deployment of the EKS control plane, VPC infrastructure, Karpenter/node groups, and core add-ons.\nDesign Advanced Traffic & Storage Patterns: Architect a highly resilient ingress strategy utilizing the AWS Load Balancer Controller for secure external traffic routing, and establish enterprise patterns for persistent storage using EFS and EBS CSI drivers.\nSecurity, Governance & Pilot Execution:\nEstablish Zero-Trust Security Postures: Enforce strict least-privilege access by mandating EKS Pod Identity or IRSA across the platform. Architect secure cluster communications using Security Groups for Pods and strict Kubernetes\nNetwork Policies:\nLead Architectural Validation: Define the scope and success criteria for pilot migrations.\nOversee the end-to-end deployment and validation of representative Python microservice workloads to prove out the AWS architecture, ingress, and mesh capabilities.\n\nLifecycle Governance & Platform Scalability\nDefine Cluster Lifecycle Frameworks: Establish enterprise governance for zero-downtime EKS version upgrades, AMI lifecycles, and create comprehensive architectural runbooks for platform operations teams.\nArchitect Disaster Recovery: Design and integrate enterprise-grade backup, restore, and disaster recovery capabilities for cluster state and persistent volumes using Velero and Amazon S3.\nDesign CI/CD Infrastructure: Partner with engineering leadership to architect and deploy dynamic, scalable CI/CD execution environments (e.g., GitHub Actions Runner Controller) directly on the EKS platform.\nBasic Qualifications (BQ):\nEKS Architectural Mastery: Deep expertise in designing multi-tenant, highly available EKS environments at enterprise scale, including control plane architecture, compute strategies, and Kubernetes core governance (RBAC, Pod Security Standards).\nAdvanced AWS Networking & CNI Strategy: Expert-level understanding of AWS VPC topologies, Transit Gateway, and the strategic selection/implementation of CNIs (AWS VPC CNI, Cilium, Calico) to solve complex IPAM, scaling, and performance challenges.\nEnterprise Security & IAM: Authoritative knowledge of AWS IAM integration with Kubernetes, specifically architecting IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA), EKS Pod Identity, and AWS KMS encryption strategies.\nTraffic Management & Service Mesh: Proven experience architecting enterprise ingress patterns (AWS Load Balancer Controller, API Gateways) and designing Service Mesh architectures (Istio Ambient/Sidecar, Cilium Mesh) for zero-trust networking.\nIaC & Automation Governance: Advanced Terraform expertise, focusing on designing modular, scalable, and compliant IaC frameworks for EKS fleet management and foundational add-ons.\nOther Qualifications (OQ):\nEnterprise Consolidation Leadership: Proven track record of leading massive cluster consolidation programs, migrating sprawling multi-cluster environments into streamlined, cost-optimized architectures.\nFinOps & Compute Strategy: Deep experience with advanced AWS compute scaling and cost-optimization strategies, including Karpenter, Spot Instances, and Graviton (ARM) processors.\nStateful Workloads & DR: Experience architecting AWS persistent storage (EBS/EFS CSI drivers) and enterprise disaster recovery frameworks (Velero backing up to Amazon S3).\nPlatform Engineering & CI/CD: Experience designing scalable, containerized CI/CD runner infrastructure (e.g., GitHub Actions Runner Controller) directly on EKS to support developer platforms.\nWhat is in it for you:\nJoin one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-first digital engineering companies and make a real impact at scale.\nLead and collaborate with a high-energy team of talented, driven individuals solving complex, meaningful challenges.\nWork with Fortune 500 companies and disruptive innovators in a research-driven environment with 60+ patents.\nStay ahead of the curve by gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI, ML, data, and cloud technologies while continuously upskilling.\nIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!","datePosted":"2026-08-03T17:12:33.747Z","dateModified":"2026-08-03T17:12:33.747Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Quantiphi","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Remote","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"dd2898bf859207e6da57945a"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/dd2898bf859207e6da57945a"}}