Job#: 3043250

Job Description:

Location: Fully Remote-Must Work EST Hours

Employment Type: Contract

Experience Level: Senior (5+ years)

Apex Systems is looking for a seasoned Senior DevOps/Traefik Migration Lead to support a migration of the organization's Kubernetes ingress layer from NGINX Ingress Controller to Traefik. This includes assessing the current NGINX environment, designing the Traefik architecture, building migration plans and more.

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitHub Pipelines, and Azure DevOps.
• Deploy, administer, and troubleshoot applications running on AKS, GKE, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Lead migration from NGINX Ingress Controller to Traefik, including ingress rules, middleware configuration, SSL/TLS, traffic routing, and performance tuning.
• Support and troubleshoot Informatica PowerCenter/IICS jobs, workflows, integrations, and production incidents.
• Perform incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), problem management, and performance tuning across DevOps and middleware environments.
• Communicate directly with clients, providing clear updates, technical guidance, and issue resolution.

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, cloud operations, and production support.
• Hands‑on experience with GitHub Actions, GitHub Pipelines, and Azure DevOps deployments.
• Strong expertise with AKS, GKE, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud networking components.
• Previous experience migrating NGINX Ingress to Traefik with full ownership of routing, SSL/TLS, and middleware logic.
• Experience supporting Informatica PowerCenter/IICS in production environments.
• Proven ability to lead major incidents, drive RCA, and stabilize critical systems.
• Strong client‑facing communication skills.

• Knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience with cloud automation and configuration management.

You’ll be the backbone of our cloud operations — ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across platforms that support thousands of users. Your work directly impacts uptime, customer experience, and the modernization of enterprise systems.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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