DevOps and Kubernetes Engineer

Hello, I have a position with me, and we are looking for a local candidate for Herndon, VA     Position - DevOps and Kubernetes Engineer Location- Herndon, VA Job Type: C2C or W2    Note: Final interview will be onsite in Herndon, VA   Mandatory Certification:   ·       Valid AWS Solution Architect Certification ID/number. Candidates should have an active certification. ·       Valid CKA Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification ID/number. Candidates should have an active certification. ·       Valid AWS-certified AI Foundations or AWS Certified AI Practitioner or AWS-certified AI professional certification      As a Cloud Application and DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in the creation of large-scale, distributed applications that have strong federation, dynamic scaling and configuration, security and policy management, and better resilience and fault tolerance.      Job Responsibilities   ·       Strong Kubernetes skills including disconnected installation, Kubernetes administration, and troubleshooting issues with the system ·       Extensive hands-on experience on EKS cluster deployment and upgrade in the production environment. ·       Extensive EKS troubleshooting experience. ·       Proven experience in LLMOps, including the deployment, monitoring, and scaling of Generative AI systems in production environments. ·       Experience orchestrating and maintaining agentic workflows using frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGen. ·       Hands-on experience managing vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus) and optimizing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines for low latency. ·       Implementation of AI Governance, including security guardrails (e.g., NeMo Guardrails) and cost-management strategies for LLM consumption. ·       Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) for AI, providing shared tooling for model experimentation and deployment.       Thanks & Regards   Nitya Chouhan Sr. IT Recruiter [Upgrade to PRO to see contact]