Right Balance
Data Engineer — Python / SQL / Warehouse
We're looking for a Kubernetes Engineer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.
Our client is a gaming company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino games.
This is a hands‑on role where architectural insight meets operational excellence – ideal for an engineer who wants to leave their fingerprints on the core of how things run.
Key Responsibilities
Cluster Management: Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across development, staging, and production environments (EKS a strong plus). Platform Engineering: Build tooling and abstractions that streamline application deployment and service discovery for developers. Autoscaling & Performance: Optimize pod scheduling, resource allocation, and horizontal/vertical scaling for high-performance services. Security & Policy Enforcement: Implement RBAC, network policies, and runtime security tools to enforce safe, compliant workloads. Deployment Enablement: Enhance Helm charts, Kustomize workflows, and GitOps processes to support fast, safe, and reliable deployments. Observability: Own the integration and tuning of observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) for visibility into cluster and application health. Resilience & Recovery: Support fault‑tolerant architectures, runbooks for failover, and high availability strategies. Collaboration: Partner with developers, QA, and platform teams to evolve infrastructure‑as‑code and self‑service systems that reduce friction and boost autonomy. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co‑working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it. Upper‑intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real‑time conversation. 5+ years of full‑time hands‑on DevOps/SRE/Infrastructure experience. 5+ years of full‑time hands‑on Kubernetes experience. 3+ years of full‑time hands‑on AWS/EKS experience. 2+ years of full‑time hands‑on Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD/Flux experience. Solid understanding of container lifecycle, networking, and orchestration internals. Proficiency with Terraform or Pulumi for provisioning EKS and supporting infrastructure. Competence in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or Go). Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and Kubernetes‑native security tools (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno). Experience implementing security controls in regulated or compliance‑focused environments. Familiarity with service mesh architectures or advanced Kubernetes networking. Background supporting multi‑region or multi‑cloud deployments. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.
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Cluster Management: Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across development, staging, and production environments (EKS a strong plus). Platform Engineering: Build tooling and abstractions that streamline application deployment and service discovery for developers. Autoscaling & Performance: Optimize pod scheduling, resource allocation, and horizontal/vertical scaling for high-performance services. Security & Policy Enforcement: Implement RBAC, network policies, and runtime security tools to enforce safe, compliant workloads. Deployment Enablement: Enhance Helm charts, Kustomize workflows, and GitOps processes to support fast, safe, and reliable deployments. Observability: Own the integration and tuning of observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) for visibility into cluster and application health. Resilience & Recovery: Support fault‑tolerant architectures, runbooks for failover, and high availability strategies. Collaboration: Partner with developers, QA, and platform teams to evolve infrastructure‑as‑code and self‑service systems that reduce friction and boost autonomy. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co‑working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it. Upper‑intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real‑time conversation. 5+ years of full‑time hands‑on DevOps/SRE/Infrastructure experience. 5+ years of full‑time hands‑on Kubernetes experience. 3+ years of full‑time hands‑on AWS/EKS experience. 2+ years of full‑time hands‑on Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD/Flux experience. Solid understanding of container lifecycle, networking, and orchestration internals. Proficiency with Terraform or Pulumi for provisioning EKS and supporting infrastructure. Competence in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or Go). Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and Kubernetes‑native security tools (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno). Experience implementing security controls in regulated or compliance‑focused environments. Familiarity with service mesh architectures or advanced Kubernetes networking. Background supporting multi‑region or multi‑cloud deployments. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.
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