Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Cynet Systems, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! We are looking for **a** **Kubernates Engineer** **- Remote / Telecommute** for our client in **Santa Clara, CA** **Job Title: Kubernates Engineer - Remote / Telecommute** **Job Location: Santa Clara, CA** **Job Type: Contract** **Job Description:** **Pay Range: $57hr - $62hr** **Requirement/Must Have:** - Proficiency in Golang or Python with hands-on experience extending Kubernetes or OpenShift using operators, controllers, CRDs, or webhooks. - Strong knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift control plane internals. - Hands-on software development experience with CI/CD, enterprise applications, and cloud automation. - Experience with containerized applications in production environments. - Strong understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, scaling, security, and multi-cluster environments. **Experience:** - Kubernetes and OpenShift platform development. - Managed Kubernetes platforms such as GKE, EKS, or AKS. - Building and operating cloud-native systems at scale. - Automation and configuration management. - Observability and troubleshooting in distributed systems. **Responsibilities:** - Extend Kubernetes and OpenShift capabilities by developing operators, controllers, CRDs, and webhooks. - Design, build, and support scalable cloud-native platform components. - Troubleshoot, optimize, and scale Kubernetes-based systems. - Support production workloads, including machine learning platforms. - Implement automation for infrastructure and application lifecycle management. - Collaborate with platform and application teams to improve reliability and performance. **Should Have:** - Strong understanding of how Kubernetes and OpenShift manage workloads and resources internally. - Exposure to machine learning workloads on Kubernetes. - Experience with service mesh and advanced networking concepts. - Familiarity with GitOps and modern DevOps practices. **Skills:** - Golang or Python. - Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. - Kubernetes Operators and CRDs. - Docker and container ecosystems. - CI/CD pipelines. - Terraform and Ansible. - Helm. - Kubernetes networking (Ingress, Network Policies, Service Mesh). - Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana). - Logging solutions (ELK stack, Fluentd). - Git, Jenkins, Argo, SonarQube, Artifactory. **Qualification and Education:** - Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.