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DevOps Engineer (Generalist)

On site

New york, United states

Freelance

22-12-2025

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Skills

GitHub Kubernetes Monitoring AWS GitHub Actions

Job Specifications

Location: Hybrid New York City (must be local)

Duration: 6+ months

Type: contract

Visa: GC/USC/GC-EAD/H4-EAD

Interview: Video (maybe final in person)

Client Note

Need a local candidate only

LinkedIn with the mentioned location, not the United States

Focus

Support SRHG-wide AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure. Own day-to-day operations, improve visibility, and reduce platform toil so the core team can focus on Lego (shared infra buildout).

Core Skills

Strong understanding of AWS (IAM, S3, EC2, CloudTrail, RDS, VPC, Transit Gateway)

Proficient with Kubernetes / EKS (cluster ops, manifests, RBAC, upgrades)

Experience with Datadog (dashboards, alerts, APM)

Comfortable with GitHub Actions (workflows, runners, secrets)

Familiar with FinOps practices and cost tools (nOps, Kubecost, tagging, resource optimization)

Expectations

Execute small infra projects independently

Respond to AWS/EKS issues and follow through to resolution

Improve tagging, monitoring, and cost visibility across environments

Collaborate with internal engineers to offload repeatable operational work

Contribute to shared tooling and documentation

About the Company

Executiveplacements.com is a platform for executives to upload their CV, search for jobs, and network. With a focus on executives earning over R600K pa, Executive Placements is the only executive job portal in South Africa. Over 200,000 Executive have now registered on this portal. Jobplacements.com is a general job board, focusing on candidates earning below this amount. Over 2,800,000 candidates have registered on this portal. Between the two portals recruiters can reach out to over 3m candidates of which 8% are earning ov... Know more