Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Job summary

Build, operate, and troubleshoot production Kubernetes platforms for mission-critical and GPU-accelerated AI/ML workloads across on-premise, air-gapped, and hybrid environments. The role includes managing RKE2 and Rancher, deploying NVIDIA GPU Operator and Istio, automating infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, and delivering platform configuration through CI/CD and GitOps. Responsibilities also include monitoring, security hardening, upgrades, disaster recovery, documentation, and customer-facing technical support.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on IT experience, including at least 3 years administering Kubernetes in production
• Hands-on experience with Rancher Manager setup and day-to-day operations
• Experience deploying and operating NVIDIA GPU Operator, preferably on RKE2
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and Istio service mesh
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible
• Linux administration experience with SLES, SLE Micro, RHEL, or Ubuntu
• Networking knowledge covering TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and TLS
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging
• Strong Bash scripting skills; Python or Go is an advantage
• Experience in on-premise enterprise environments, including air-gapped setups
• Ability to work independently in customer-facing roles
• Advanced English; Arabic is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and operate production RKE2 clusters across on-premise, air-gapped, and hybrid environments
• Operate highly available Rancher Manager, including upgrades, backup and restore, authentication, RBAC, and downstream cluster management
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration with Terraform and Ansible
• Troubleshoot platform components, including nodes, pods, networking, DNS, ingress, storage, certificates, etcd, and the control plane
• Deploy and operate NVIDIA GPU Operator on RKE2, including GPU drivers, container toolkit, device plugin, GPU Feature Discovery, and DCGM monitoring
• Configure GPU sharing with MIG and time-slicing and support AI/ML workload scheduling
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and platform delivery
• Implement GitOps using Rancher Fleet, Argo CD, or Flux
• Package and manage workloads with Helm and Kustomize
• Deploy and operate Istio, including traffic management, gateways, mTLS, authorization policies, and troubleshooting
• Operate SUSE Virtualization (Harvester) for virtual machines and RKE2 guest clusters
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, and Rancher tools
• Harden clusters using CIS benchmarks, Pod Security Admission, network policies, and secrets management
• Plan and execute Kubernetes, RKE2, and Rancher upgrades with minimal downtime
• Design and test backup and disaster recovery, including etcd snapshots, Rancher backups, and workload backups
• Maintain runbooks, playbooks, and platform documentation
• Conduct knowledge-transfer and training sessions for customer and internal teams
• Work with customer stakeholders during on-site engagements

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