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Adecco US, Inc. Devops Infrastructure in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Adecco is assisting a local client in recruiting for a Senior Platform Engineer in Hoffman Estates, IL. The client is a global technology company whose brand originally began as a name for audio speakers combining the ideas to represent bringing sound innovations to the world. Since 2008, this brand has been used as the company’s corporate identity across all products and services. This is a great opportunity to join a strong, innovative culture and gain exposure to a wide range of technology solutions. If this role interests you and you meet the qualifications below, apply now!
Job Summary
We’re building a specialized strike team to accelerate improvements in our backend code and on‑prem infrastructure using AI. You’ll work closely with a senior member of the existing team and operate in parallel to our regular dev squad—testing AI‑driven improvement suggestions and validating outcomes in production‑like environments.
Immediate Priority: Debug intermittent service communication failures in an Istio + Flannel + kube-proxy environment.
Our stack includes .NET C# microservices, React, on‑prem Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Apache Druid, and the ELK stack. Expertise with GitHub Copilot is critical—we expect you to leverage AI tools daily for diagnostics, automation, and delivery acceleration.
Responsibilities
Deep-dive troubleshooting:
Istio/Envoy: sidecar injection, mTLS, Traffic Policy, filter chains, xDS, and Envoy proxy debugging.
Flannel CNI: VXLAN/host‑gw overlays, MTU sizing/fragmentation, routing, and datapath validation.
kube-proxy: iptables/IPVS behavior, conntrack saturation, endpoint sync and service routing.
CoreDNS: query debugging, caching, NodeLocal DNSCache, and performance tuning.
Packet and trace analysis using tcpdump, Wireshark, and distributed tracing tools (e.g., Jaeger).
Production-ready fixes: propose, test, and roll out configuration changes, patches, and optimizations with clear rollback plans.
AI-Enhanced Operations (MCP):
Build/deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to expose Kubernetes API, logs, metrics, and incident systems to LLMs.
Create custom MCP servers for infra operations (K8s API access, log querying, metrics retrieval, incident mgmt).
Connect LLMs (e.g., Claude/others) to infra via MCP for real‑time diagnostics and remediation.
Develop MCP-enabled AI agents for automated log analysis, anomaly detection, and root cause analysis.
Integrate MCP with GitLab, Jira, Slack, PagerDuty for incident orchestration and self‑service tooling.
Expose Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes APIs to AI assistants via MCP for safe, auditable queries.
Collaborate with platform, SRE, and application teams to validate AI‑driven improvement suggestions and measure outcomes.
Document runbooks, playbooks, and design decisions; mentor engineers on AI‑assisted troubleshooting.
Required Skill
Hands-on with GitHub Copilot (day-to-day productivity, code suggestions, pair debugging).
Kubernetes (on‑prem): advanced operations and performance tuning in production.
Networking (Production Issue focus):
Istio service mesh: mTLS, traffic policies, sidecar injection, Envoy proxy debugging, control/DP understanding.
Flannel CNI: VXLAN/host-gw, overlay debugging, MTU configuration and packet path analysis.
kube-proxy: iptables/IPVS modes, service endpoint sync, conntrack debugging, node-level routing.
CoreDNS: performance, caching, NodeLocal DNS Cache, query path troubleshooting.
Tooling: tcpdump, Wireshark, packet analysis, Jaeger/tracing.
Scripting/Automation: Bash and one of Python/Go for tooling and automation.
Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch; log/metric correlation for RCA.
Containers: Docker/OCI fundamentals, image hardening, and runtime configs.
What's in this Senior Platform Engineer position for you?
Pay range: $60-62/hr.
Location- Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 (Hybrid)
Work Schedule: Mon – Fri 8AM - 5PM CST
Weekly paycheck.
Dedicated Onboarding Specialist & Recruiter.
Access to Adecco’s Aspire Academy with thousands of free upskilling courses.
This Senior Platform Engineer is being recruited by one of our Centralized Delivery Team and not our local Branch. For instant consideration for this Senior Platform Engineer position and other opportunities with Adecco in Hoffman Estates, IL apply today!
Pay Details: $60.00 to $62.00 per hour
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Military connected talent encouraged to apply
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