DevOps Engineer / Analyst Programmer - Kubernetes (K8s)
Summary
DevOps engineer/analyst programmer owning day-to-day operations of enterprise-scale Kubernetes-based systems in Hong Kong: deployments, configuration, monitoring/alerting and incident management (SRE), root-cause analysis, vendor deliverable reviews, and automation of manual ops via Bash/Python scripting and Ansible.
- • Own the day-to-day operation, maintenance and support of designated enterprisescale systems, including standalone and Kubernetes-based environments.
- • Administer and support Kubernetes environments, including application deployment, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting and operational maintenance.
- • Review vendors’ deliverables, including technical documents, source code, test evidence and deployment materials, to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, internal security standards and guidelines.
- • Coordinate with business users, vendors, platform and infrastructure teams to resolve incidents, deliver system changes and support production releases.
- • Implement and enhance Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including monitoring, alerting, logging and incident management, to ensure system availability, reliability and performance.
- • Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- • Identify repetitive manual operational tasks and improve efficiency, consistency and reliability through scripting, standardisation and workflow automation.
- • Maintain system operational documentation, including runbooks, support procedures, incident reports and knowledge-base materials.
- • Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline.
- • At least 3 years of IT experience, including 2 years of relevant experience in system development, application implementation and/or enterprise-scale system support.
- • Demonstrates hands-on experience in Kubernetes (K8s) operations, including application deployment, configuration management, troubleshooting, monitoring, and incident resolution. Administrative experience with Kubernetes is advantageous.
- • Familiarity with container technologies, such as Docker, and Kubernetes deployment/configuration artifacts.
- • Good scripting skills in Bash and Python.
- • Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- • Solid understanding of modern application concepts, including but not limited to RESTful APIs, Single Sign-On (SSO) and microservices architecture.
- • Strong automation mindset, with the ability to identify and transform manual operational processes into standardised, automated workflows.
- • Hands-on experience with Ansible Playbooks for operational, deployment or configuration automation is highly preferred.
- • Experience with monitoring, alerting and observability tools is preferred.
- • Strong analytical, problem-solving and incident-management skills.
- • Excellent communication skills, with proficiency in written and spoken English, Cantonese and/or Mandarin