Kubernetes Engineer / Hybrid / Chelmsford, MA

This is not a maintenance-focused DevOps position. We are looking for a technology enthusiast who enjoys researching new tools, automating everything possible, and driving continuous improvement. You'll have ownership over engineering environments, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and observability while collaborating closely with teams supporting production AKS environments. If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, working directly with customers on real-world deployments, and influencing technical direction, this role offers significant visibility, autonomy, and growth opportunities. Required Skills & Experience • Deep Linux expertise, including system administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and containerized workloads • Strong Docker experience, including knowledge of Docker Swarm environments • Production Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting experience • Experience supporting on-premises software deployments and customer-hosted infrastructure • CI/CD pipeline experience with TeamCity, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools • Experience building deployment packages, installers, or deployment automation for customer environments • Hands-on experience with monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting platforms • Experience with load testing and performance testing tools such as k6, Locust, or JMeter • Understanding of messaging systems such as RabbitMQ, NATS, or similar technologies • Relational database experience, preferably PostgreSQL • Strong scripting and automation experience with Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages • Experience with Git-based source control workflows • Solid networking knowledge including DNS, TLS, VPNs, load balancing, and firewall concepts • Strong technical documentation and communication skills • Customer-facing experience supporting installations, upgrades, or technical deployments Desired Skills & Experience • Prometheus and Grafana implementation and administration experience • Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools • Experience with Mend.io or comparable SAST/SCA security platforms • Redis and Elasticsearch administration experience • Azure cloud experience and Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400) • Digital Ocean infrastructure experience • Experience supporting air-gapped or highly restricted customer environments • Familiarity with SOC 2 compliance and security best practices • Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude • Exposure to physical security, access control, or IoT-related technology platforms • Experience introducing and driving adoption of modern DevOps tooling and best practices What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown • 40% Linux Administration & Infrastructure Engineering • 25% Kubernetes, Docker & Container Platform Management • 15% CI/CD Pipelines & Release Automation (TeamCity) • 10% Observability, Monitoring & Performance Testing • 10% Customer Deployment Support & Technical Collaboration Daily Responsibilities • 80% Hands On • 5% Management Duties • 15% Team Collaboration Key Responsibilities • Own engineering environments across Azure and Digital Ocean, including development, QA, staging, and performance testing environments • Design and automate infrastructure provisioning to support on-demand testing and validation environments • Build, maintain, and improve customer-facing deployment tooling and on-premises installation processes • Support both Kubernetes and legacy Docker Swarm deployment models for customer environments • Own and enhance TeamCity CI/CD pipelines, release automation, testing integrations, and security scanning workflows • Partner with the Hosting Team supporting production AKS infrastructure and assist with troubleshooting and root cause analysis • Build and maintain observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, structured logging, and alerting tools • Execute performance and load testing initiatives to improve platform scalability and reliability • Strengthen infrastructure security and contribute to compliance initiatives, including SOC 2-related activities • Develop runbooks, installation guides, incident response documentation, and engineering knowledge base materials • Participate in production on-call rotations and incident response efforts • Research, evaluate, and implement emerging DevOps tools and cloud-native technologies that improve engineering efficiency and platform reliability