Rancher Kubernetes Engineer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a seasoned Rancher Kubernetes Engineer with deep expertise in container orchestration DevOps practices and cloudnative infrastructure. You will be instrumental in designing deploying and managing scalable Kubernetes environments using Rancher to support our fastgrowing eCommerce platform. The Rancher Kubernetes engineer will be the key person in migrating a Rancher managed Kubernetes cluster to AWS EKS. The ideal candidate thrives in a highperformance environment and has a strong understanding of infrastructure that supports hightraffic customerfacing applications. The scope of the work is to assess GPv2 Rancher cluster/configuration upgrade to newest version and train the team to manage Rancher cluster. The position is expected to be at least 6 months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters using Rancher in productiongrade environments.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines tailored for containerized eCommerce applications.
• Ensure high availability scalability and performance of the Kubernetes infrastructure to meet SLA requirements.
• Manage and direct the migration of a Rancher managed Kubernetes cluster to AWS EKS
• Collaborate with application developers QA and operations teams to containerize and deploy microservices.
• Monitor troubleshoot and resolve performance reliability and security issues.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform Helm and other tools.
• Implement RBAC security policies and secrets management aligned with compliance standards (e.g. PCIDSS).
• Drive observability through centralized logging metrics and alerting using tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK/EFK.
• Lead Kubernetes upgrades patching and lifecycle management via Rancher.
• Maintain costeffective infrastructure strategies in cloud or hybrid environments (AWS Azure GCP or onprem).
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior DevOps/Platform Engineers.

Qualifications :

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5 years of handson experience in DevOps Site Reliability Engineering or Platform Engineering.
• 5 years of experience specifically with Ranchermanaged Kubernetes clusters.
• Proficiency in Docker Helm and Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD preferred).
• Expert knowledge in AWS EKS using Docker as an Orchestration tool
• Strong scripting and automation experience in Bash Python or Go.
• Deep understanding of Linux systems networking and systemlevel debugging.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP) including managed Kubernetes services.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD systems like GitLab CI Jenkins ArgoCD Flux.
• Familiarity with eCommerce application requirements such as session management autoscaling zero downtime deployments and PCI compliance.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and nontechnical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Application Developer (CKAD).
• Certified Rancher Engineer (CRE)
• AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectProfessional with deep experience in migrating and configuring Kubernetes to AWS EKS
• Experience in highavailability eCommerce or retail infrastructure environments.
• Exposure to service meshes (Istio Linkerd) and API gateways (Kong Ambassador).
• Familiarity with eventdriven architectures and realtime monitoring tools.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract