Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ASCENDING Inc. is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Architecture Engineer to lead the rearchitecting efforts of their existing payment system to a cloud-native architecture. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving the adoption of DevOps principles to ensure seamless integration and deployment processes.
Responsibilities
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry trends related to payment systems and cloud computing
• Design and implement microservices-based architecture using domain-driven design principles
• Utilize Kubernetes for container orchestration and management, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability of the payment system
• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms to ensure system performance and availability
• Develop highly resilient and highly available components for the payment system
• Conduct technology evaluations and provide recommendations for new tools, technologies, and frameworks that can enhance our payment infrastructure
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth
Skills
• Strong Kubernetes(K8S) experience required
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience in rearchitecting large-scale monolithic applications to cloud-native architectures
• 5+ years of experience programming in languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js, and experience with modern framework and libraries
• 3+ years of experience with DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tool. (Kubernetes is a must)
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in payment domain
• 3+ years of experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including experience with serverless architectures, containers, and orchestration
• 2+ years of experience with payment industry standards, protocols, and security best practices
Company Overview
• The ASCENDING team commits to delivering scalable and high-available cloud solutions to clients. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://ascendingdc.com/.