Technical Specialist - DevOps, Python, Kubernetes
United States
Job Description
Technical Specialist - DevOps, Python, Kubernetes
Durham, North Carolina

Job Summary

This role involves managing and optimizing technical processes by leveraging expertise in DevOps practices, Python programming, and Kubernetes infrastructure. The Technical Specialist will be responsible for ensuring seamless integration, automation, and scalability of software development and deployment activities.

Key Responsibilities

The Infrastructure Cloud Engineer role is an SRE-focused position responsible for developing and maintaining cloud infrastructure and configuration management code. Key responsibilities include handling client support cases, managing an Enterprise secrets management service, and ensuring service health across various environments.

 

The role involves significant hands-on work with Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure (70-80%), automation (10-20%), and support tickets (5%).

 

Core Infrastructure Work:

• AWS

• Kubernetes

• CI/CD with Argo CD and pipelines

• GitLab and GitHub (including migration efforts)

• Containers (Docker, Artifactory)

• Security reviews and audits

• Helm (nice to have, related to Kubernetes)

Skill Requirements

Top Skills Required:

• Kubernetes experience: Including usage, deployment, workload management, and writing code.

• GitLab and GitHub experience.

• Cloud-based services: AWS preferred, or other cloud-related technologies.

• IaC: Terraform experience writing and debugging.

Other Requirements

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Go

• Vault Enterprise

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4+ years supporting automation for cloud-native solutions (AWS, Openstack, or Google Cloud).

• 2+ years' experience with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.

• 2+ years' experience with configuration management tools like Ansible.

Maximum Salary (US):  172000
Minimum Salary (US):  87000
Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.