Deployment Architect

JOB OVERVIEW

Plan A Technologies is looking for a highly skilled Deployment Architect with extensive Kubernetes expertise to support the upcoming project launch. This is a critical initiative, and we require someone who can immediately contribute to deployment strategy, infrastructure orchestration, and ensure seamless scalability and reliability.

Please note: you must have at least 7+ years of experience with Kubernetes and strong experience with deployment strategies to be considered for this role.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY

• Deployment Strategy & Orchestration: Design, implement, and optimize Kubernetes-based deployment strategies across AWS, Nutanix, and air-gapped on-premises environments.
• Best Practices Implementation: Establish and enforce industry best practices for Kubernetes configuration, cluster provisioning, and application deployment.
• Resource Optimization: Define and right-size application resources (CPU, memory, storage) to ensure efficiency and performance across varied environments.
• Consulting & Collaboration: Act as a consultant to guide internal teams, upskill staff, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Migration & Upgrades: Lead Kubernetes infrastructure upgrades and migration initiatives, including blue-green deployments and in-place upgrades.
• Observability & Monitoring: Define what a healthy system looks like, implement monitoring strategies with Grafana, System Watch 5, and other tools, and set thresholds for warnings vs. critical alerts.
• Disaster Recovery & Troubleshooting: Develop and implement robust disaster recovery plans; troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues.

EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and deep knowledge of cluster provisioning, scaling (horizontal/vertical), and deployment strategies.
• 5+ years working with AWS, Nutanix, and hybrid/air-gapped on-premises deployments.
• Experience provisioning and managing Kubernetes using AWS EKS.
• Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ, Redis in production environments.
• Hands-on experience of Crio, Istio, Rook Ceph, Morpheus, Grafana, and System Watch 5.
• Strong experience defining CPU, memory, and storage allocations for enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience Blue-Green Deployments, leading migration strategies and implementing in-place upgrades in Kubernetes environments.
• Strong experience defining metrics, implementing dashboards, and maintaining observability in complex systems.
• Solid understanding of designing recovery strategies and leading system restoration efforts.
• Mentoring teams, conducting knowledge transfer, and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Initiative and drive to do great things.

ABOUT THE COMPANY/BENEFITS

Plan A Technologies is an American software development and technology advisory firm that brings top-tier engineering talent to clients around the world. Our software engineers tackle custom product development projects, staff augmentation, major integrations and upgrades, and much more. The team is far more hands-on than the giant outsourcing shops, but still big enough to handle major enterprise clients.

Read more about us here: www.PlanAtechnologies.com.

Location: Work From Home 100% of the time, or come in to one of our global offices. Up to you.

Great colleagues and an upbeat work environment: You'll join an excellent team of supportive engineers and project managers who work hard but don't ever compete with each other.

Benefits: You’ll get a generous vacation schedule, Brand New Laptop, and other goodies.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!