Engineer III Specialist-DevOps

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you’ll be doing...

As a devops engineer, you will design, implement, and manage Kubernetes clusters for our telecom/networking applications.

• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment.

• Monitoring and optimizing the performance and scalability of our Kubernetes infrastructure.

• Implementing and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues.

• Leading incident response and troubleshooting efforts, including root cause analysis.

• Automating operational tasks and processes to improve efficiency.

• Collaborating with development teams to integrate and deploy applications to Kubernetes.

• Contributing to the development and maintenance of our platform's security posture.

• Participating in on-call rotations to provide support for production systems.

• Leveraging network/telecom domain knowledge to effectively triage and resolve network-related issues.

• Contributing to development efforts by writing code and implementing new features (added advantage).

• Staying up-to-date with the latest Kubernetes and DevOps technologies and best practices.

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineer with a strong background in Kubernetes and DevOps practices to join our team. This role will focus on building, maintaining, and scaling our network/telecom infrastructure and services in a kubernetes/Openshift based environment. You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of our platform, working closely with development, operations, and other engineering teams. Experience with triaging and troubleshooting complex issues is essential, as is a willingness to contribute to development efforts.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Four or more years of relevant work experience.

• Four or more years of experience in DevOps engineering or a related role.

• Proven experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker).

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab ).

• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS).

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

• Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is an added advantage.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience in the telecom/networking domain is essential.

• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) is highly desirable.

• Experience with development and coding is a significant advantage.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience with a high-performance, high-availability environment.

• Experience with Network technologies like SDN/NFV

• Strong analytical, debugging skills.

• Good communication and presentation skills.

• Relevant certifications.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.