WHAT WE DO

Founded in 2007, Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP) is a consulting and technology services company. We consult, design, build and modernize revenue-generating software and data engineering solutions for clients. With modernization services and AI tools, we help businesses achieve a competitive advantage through technology. GAP’s remote, integrated engineering teams use end-to-end solutions to innovate and align with your business goals. We have 600+ English-speaking engineers based in Latin America and approximately 20 U.S.-based engineers. With some of the highest customer satisfaction scores in the industry, GAP’s focus is customer and employee success.

GAP is a woman-owned company headquartered in Austin Texas. We are a values-based company focused on growing our people by investing in education, onsite English classes and training in the latest technologies, including AI, data analytics and machine learning. Our goal is to provide solutions for our customers that help them achieve critical business outcomes, while enabling our GAPSters and our communities to attain long-term success.

Summary

We are looking for a Cloud / Kubernetes Engineer to support hybrid infrastructure across AWS and on-premise Kubernetes environments. This role blends foundational AWS execution (Level 1) with operational ownership of Kubernetes clusters (Level 2), including SUSE-based distributions and Rancher-managed environments.

You will contribute to production reliability, cluster lifecycle management, and hybrid cloud connectivity, ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure across environments.

This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in hands-on operational environments and enjoys troubleshooting complex infrastructure systems.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.

Professional Experience

• 2–4 years of hands-on Kubernetes experience

• 1–3 years of AWS infrastructure experience

• 2+ years administering Linux systems (SUSE preferred)

• Experience working in production environments with on-call participation

Key Responsibilities

AWS – Level 1 (Foundational Execution)

• Support multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations

• Assist with VPC configuration (subnets, routing tables, NAT, IGW, security groups)

• Deploy and maintain EC2, IAM roles, S3, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch resources

• Troubleshoot host-level issues and IAM permission challenges

• Execute infrastructure changes via Terraform

• Contribute to observability and monitoring (LogicMonitor, Datadog, Prometheus)

• Participate in on-call rotation

• Perform routine governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tasks

Kubernetes – Level 2 (Operational Ownership)

On-Prem & Rancher Managed Clusters

• Operate and maintain production on-prem Kubernetes clusters

• Manage clusters provisioned and governed through Rancher

• Perform lifecycle management (node provisioning, upgrades, patching)

• Troubleshoot control plane and worker node issues

• Monitor etcd health and cluster resiliency

• Configure ingress controllers

• Implement RBAC and namespace governance

• Perform rolling upgrades with minimal disruption

Workload & Platform Operations

• Manage Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and Services

• Deploy and manage Helm-based applications

• Configure persistent storage (CSI drivers, storage classes)

• Integrate container registries

• Support cluster security hardening

• Implement monitoring and logging integrations

• Support hybrid connectivity between on-prem and AWS

Linux & Infrastructure

• Administer SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

• Perform system patching and kernel updates

• Manage networking and systemd services

• Troubleshoot OS-level performance issues

• Support capacity planning for on-prem clusters

DevOps & Automation

• Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform

• Automate operational tasks using Python or Bash

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

• Document runbooks and operational procedures

Required Technical Skills

AWS

• IAM (roles, policies, STS)

• VPC fundamentals

• EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda

• AWS CLI

• Terraform

Kubernetes

• Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets

• Ingress

• RBAC

• Storage classes & persistent volumes

• Node lifecycle management

• Production incident troubleshooting

• Cluster upgrades

Linux (SUSE Required)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

• zypper package management

• Networking fundamentals

• Linux security fundamentals

Nice to Have

• Experience with EKS

• etcd administration

• GitOps practices

• Container security tooling

• Monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Soft Skills

• Strong troubleshooting mindset

• Comfortable in hybrid cloud environments

• Clear documentation habits

• Strong communication skills

• Reliable in on-call rotations

At Growth Acceleration Partners, we're an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We value everyone's unique background, and we provide equal opportunities regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other personal right protected by law. We foster a culture of belonging and strive to provide a welcoming environment where everyone feels safe to contribute and grow.