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By running applications in isolated user spaces, containerization offers a secure and scalable form of virtualization. Containerization packages software code together with the requisite libraries, frameworks, and dependencies, so deployment is consistent for applications, no matter the environment or infrastructure.
Though many tech job titles specify containerization, many of the open container-related positions are familiar roles to other IT disciplines. Positions in this field feature a median salary of $137,735 for senior software engineers.
Containerization experts are in high demand, with over 17,124 job listings currently being promoted in the U.S. on LinkedIn.
Included in this list are several well-known companies looking to recruit and invest in employees with containerization experience:
1. Walmart
Supporting the retail operations for Walmart is a team of over 15,000 software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals.
Job openings
Walmart is currently recruiting for several positions that require a working knowledge in container and cloud native technologies, including:
- Staff Software Engineer—Container Platforms/Kubernetes
- Manager II, Technical Project Management
- Principal Technical Program Manager
- Staff Technical Program Manager—Customer Engagement
- Staff Technical Program Manager
Many of the positions being recruited for are intended to reach and hire multiple candidates.
Walmart employs over 2.3 million associates across 10,500 stores in 24 countries.
Benefits
- Committed to removing barriers such as lack of prior job experience, a criminal record, or a lack of formal education
- Operates the Find a Future program that helps to transition military, National Guard/Reserve, veterans, and military spouses into meaningful employment opportunities
- Set days off with paid vacation, sick time, personal time, and holiday time
- 10% discount on regularly priced general merchandise and fresh fruits and vegetables
- 6% 401(k) match to all employees after one year
- Stock purchase plan
- Health and wellness benefits with telehealth services and expense reimbursement plans
- Comprehensive care for their LGBTQ+ team members through Included Health
- Maternity, parental, and adoption benefits
- Access to hands-on-training with educational reimbursement options
2. Visa
Visa uses containerization to support its own custom, continuous security monitoring solution, called Micro-services Based Adaptive Security Hardening and Usage Platform (MASHUP).
Job openings
To support their containerization solutions, Visa is looking for additional team members, including:
- Chief Systems Architect—Containers
- Director, Container Security—Cybersecurity Products
- Staff Software Engineer—Java, Microservices, Containers
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer, DevOps
- Staff Systems Engineer
- Senior Systems Administrator
- Technical Product Analyst
Benefits
Most employees at Visa are quite satisfied with their employer, with over 81% willing to recommend the company to a friend according to Glassdoor.
The benefits of working at Visa include:
- Opportunities for college students from internships to full-time positions
- Matching gifts to charitable organizations up to $5,000 per calendar year
- Health insurance, life insurance, savings plans, paid holidays, and paid time off
- Performance-based awards, service awards, and talent referral bonuses
3. Amazon
Amazon offers and supports a fully managed container orchestration service, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), through its AWS subsidiary.
Job openings
Amazon is actively looking for hundreds of IT jobs that require containerization expertise, some of which include:
- Senior Specialist Consultant—Containers
- Senior Container Specialist SA
- Container Enablement Specialist
- Senior Cloud Architect Containers
- Specialist SA, Container Services, WWSO
- Senior Research Scientist, Containers
- Senior Cloud Architect—Containers
- Senior Container Architect
- Principal Cloud Architect—Containers
Benefits
Amazon receives an overall score of 3.8 out of 5 from employees at Glassdoor, with comments noting there are opportunities for growth with hard work.
Working for Amazon includes:
- Customizable medical plan with health savings account and flexible spending accounts
- Financial security with a 401(k) plan, life insurance, and company paid short and long term disability
- Stock ownership plan
- Employee assistance program with 24/7 support, resources, and referrals
- Online resources for parents whose children have disabilities and help with finding childcare
- Financial counseling with estate planning
- Adoption assistance
- Maternity and parental leave
- Paid time off
- Amazon.com annual discount on products sold
- Career Choice program that pre-pays 95% of the costs for tuition, textbooks, and related fees
4. Strategic Technology Partners (STP)
STP has a specialized focus in producing secure enterprise systems. Containerization provides the basis STP needs to deliver IT systems that can adhere to strict regulatory requirements.
Job openings
STP needs highly skilled containerization experts and is currently recruiting for:
- OpenShift Container Engineer
- Container Platform Engineer
- Cloud Container Engineer
Benefits
- Remote work opportunities
- Medical plan choices that include preventative care, prescription drug coverage, dental, and vision
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability
- Company-paid life insurance
- Employee assistance program with access to confidential resources, including legal
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with a 4% employer match
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave
5. fiserv
The financial services technology developed by fiserv is well served by the security benefits containerization offers.
Job openings
Fiserv currently has dozens of containerization-related job openings, including:
- Kubernetes Container Platform Engineer
- Lead DevOps Architect
- Software Development Engineer, Senior Professional II
- Senior Application Analyst
- Senior Software Engineer—Data and Analytics
- Software Development Engineer, Advisor
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Health saving and flexible spending accounts
- Wellness program that offers customized supports for physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being
- Quit-for-Life tobacco cessation program
- 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
- Family support benefits that include an adoption and surrogacy reimbursement program, caregiving benefit program, nursing mother’s program, and pet insurance
- Commuter benefits to offset transit and parking expenses
- Living Proof Recognition program used to celebrate associate contributions
- Employee resource groups that bring together individuals who share a common background, identity, characteristic, affiliation, or life experience
- Paid time off
- Identity protection
- Legal plan
- Student debt solution
- Tuition reimbursement program
6. Boeing
Boeing has a commitment to engineering and operational excellence that needs to be supported by technology and processes that are stable, secure, and reliable. Containerization is well-suited to provide this foundation and that means having a qualified team of experts to support and develop solutions.
Job openings
Boeing is currently advertising numerous container-related positions:
- Experienced Developer (DevSecOps Specialist)
- Senior Software Engineer
- Cloud Architect Experienced
- Azure DevOps Developer
- Experienced Software Developer (DevOps Specialist)
- Autonomy Software Developer
- Experienced Vulnerability Management Cyber Assessment Specialist
- Front End Software Developer
Note: many of Boeing’s positions require valid U.S. security clearance.
Benefits
- Incentive pay
- Recognition awards and gifts
- Paid holidays, including a winter break between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
- Paid parental leave and reimbursement for surrogacy service expenses
- Paid jury duty and temporary military service
- No cost counseling
- Work-life balance options that include telecommuting, alternative schedules, or distribution of hours
- 10 days of free back-up childcare arrangements
- 80 hours of educational tutoring for the students of team members
- Tuition assistance
- Mentoring, coaching, and professional networking
- Rotational opportunities and development programs
- Digital learning opportunities
- Savings for retirement, including matching 401(k) contributions up to 10%
- Health care and dental coverage with well-being healthy lifestyle options
- Up to $10,000 gift match for charitable contributions annually
- Commitment for accommodations required for accessibility
