Hybrid Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes KubeVirt

Were in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here you lead with innovative thinking grow along with us and join the smartest team in the industry.

This type of workwork that changes the worldis what the tech industry was founded on. So if youre ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark come join us.

BE PART OF BUILDING THE FUTURE

What do NASA and emerging space companies have in common with COVID vaccine R&D teams or with Roblox and the Metaverse

The answer is dataall fastmoving fastgrowing industries rely on data for a competitive edge in their industries. And the most advanced companies are realizing the full data advantage by partnering with Pure Storage. Pures vision is to redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data. With 11000 customers including 58 of the Fortune 500 weve only scratched the surface of our ambitions.

Pure is blazing trails and setting records:

• For ten straight years Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant
• Our customerfirst culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a certified Net Promoter Score in the top 1 of B2B companies globally
• Industry analysts and press applaud Pures leadership across these dimensions
• And our 5000 employees are emboldened to make Pure a faster stronger smarter company as we go

If you like us say bring it on to exciting challenges that change the world we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE

As an Senior Cloud Platform Engineer you will specialize in designing deploying and managing largescale Kubernetes and KubeVirt environments on bare metal infrastructure. Your expertise will be critical in ensuring high availability performance and scalability of our services. You will collaborate with crossfunctional teams to architect solutions that support our cloud platforms growth and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design deploy and maintain largescale baremetal Kubernetes clusters and KubeVirt environments.
• Implement best practices for Kubernetes and KubeVirt cluster management including HA scaling backup and disaster recovery.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and management of Kubernetes and KubeVirt resources.
• Develop and enforce policies for security monitoring logging and alerting in Kubernetes and KubeVirt environments.
• Analyze and optimize system performance ensuring the efficient operation of Kubernetes and KubeVirt clusters.
• Implement observability solutions including Prometheus Grafana and Fluentd to monitor and maintain system health.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to Kubernetes and KubeVirt at scale.
• Work closely with engineering teams to integrate Kubernetes and KubeVirt into existing workflows and applications.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure designs operational procedures and best practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in managing largescale Kubernetes environments with significant experience running Kubernetes on bare metal.
• Deep understanding of containerization concepts with handson experience using Kubernetes and Kubevirt in a production environment
• Strong understanding of KubeVirt and virtualization technologies with at least 2 years of experience deploying and managing KubeVirt in production.
• Proficiency in programming and automation using tools such as Ansible Terraform or equivalent.
• Expertise in Linux administration networking and security
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes components (API server etcd controllers schedulers kubelet).
• Understanding of Kubernetes networking (Services Ingress Network Policies CNI plugins such as Cilium Calico).
• Skills in managing and troubleshooting Pods Nodes and workloads in Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Persistent Volumes Persistent Volume Claims Storage Classes and storage provisioning.
• Ability to configure and troubleshoot resource limits requests and quotas.
• Understanding of KubeVirts approach to managing and running VMs within Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of VM creation scaling updating and deletion processes within KubeVirt.
• Proficiency in setting up and troubleshooting networking for virtual machines in KubeVirt including bridge masquerade and SRIOV modes.
• Experience with different storage backends for KubeVirt VMs such as Ceph NFS or local storage.
• Ability to analyze logs from KubeVirt components (virthandler virtlauncher virtcontroller) and Kubernetes components.
• Identifying and resolving resource bottlenecks (CPU memory storage network) affecting VM performance.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes debugging tools
• Experience with observability tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana Fluentd Elastic) for monitoring and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience with CD tools for Kubenetes such as Kubespray ArgoCD Flux
• Strong problemsolving skills with the ability to analyze and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
• Excellent documentation skill being able to produce technical documentation consumable by internal users.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in crossfunctional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience of managing and deploying large scale of bare metal Kubernetes cluster in colo datacenter
• Experience with additional cloudnative technologies (e.g. Istio Calico Helm etc..
• Certifications in Kubernetes (CKA CKAD) KubeVirt or other related technologies.
• Experience with running KubeVirt on PureStorage products such as FlashArray Flashblade Portworx.
• Familiarity with Public Cloud such as AWS Azure.
• Familiarity with agile development practices and tools.
• Contributions to opensource projects related to Kubernetes KubeVirt or cloudnative technologies.

• We are primarily an inoffice environment and therefore you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara CA office in compliance with Pures policies unless you are on PTO or work travel or other approved leave.

The annual base salary range is: $175000 $219000. Salary ranges are determined based on role level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations.

This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance including flexible time off wellness resources and companysponsored team events check more information.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortunes Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area Fortunes Best Workplaces for Millennials and certified as a Great Place to Work!
• Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance including flexible time off wellness resources and companysponsored team events. Check out for more information.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:

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WHERE DIFFERENCES FUEL INNOVATION:

Were forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isnt just accepted but embraced. Thats why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. At Pure Storage diversity equity inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.

Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples racialized people people with disabilities people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you dont match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel youre a good match please apply.