Kubernetes Expert

A Career at HARMAN

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Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)to architect operate and scale Kubernetes-based infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. This role emphasizes manual application deployments observability security and uptime accountability while promoting resilience automation and operational excellence.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure performance availability and reliability of mission-critical services while evolving platform capabilities using modern tools like Terraform Helm and Argo CD.

Key Responsibilities

• Design build and manage highly available Kubernetes clustersacross hybrid environments (on-premises and cloud platforms such as AWS EKS Azure AKS).
• Deploy and manage applications manually using tools such as kubectland Helm with growing integration of GitOps practices (e.g. ArgoCD).
• Implement and manage observability stacksusing Prometheus Grafana Loki and Mimirto monitor infrastructure applications and system performance.
• Define monitor and improve SLA/SLO/SLImetrics and alerting systems to ensure platform reliability.
• Automate provisioning and configuration of infrastructure using Terraform Helm and scripting languages (e.g. Bash Python).
• Plan implement and test backup and disaster recovery (DR)strategies using tools like Velero Commvault etc.
• Manage Kubernetes-native networking storage and security configurations(Ceph NFS Ingress PodSecurityPolicies etc.).
• Configure and enforce Kubernetes security best practicesusing RBAC OPA/Gatekeeper NetworkPolicies and secrets management tools.
• Integrate and operate Kubernetes ecosystem tools such as Karpenter MicroK8s Service Meshes and kubectl plugins.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA)and lead resolution efforts for incidents.
• Participate in the on-call rotationfor platform availability and incident management.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation architecture diagrams runbooks and SOPs.
• Mentor engineers and advocate for Kubernetes security observability and deployment best practicesacross teams.
• Continuously stay informed of industry trends in container orchestration GitOps security and cloud-native tooling.

Required Qualifications

• 79 years of IT/Infrastructure/DevOps experience with 5 years in Kubernetes operationsin production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience in Kubernetes architecture cluster operations and manual application deploymentpractices.
• Intermediate-level experience in Kubernetes Security including:
  • Cluster hardening secrets management
  • Pod Security Standards (PSS) OPA/Gatekeeper
  • Network policies image scanning and runtime protections
• Intermediate experience with ArgoCDfor GitOps-style Kubernetes deployments.
• Solid proficiency in Linux system administration(Ubuntu CentOS RHEL) and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes-native storage(e.g. Ceph NFS) and persistent volume provisioning.
• Strong familiarity with observability tools: Grafana Prometheus Loki Mimir etc.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Codeusing Terraform Helm and scripting.
• Experience with Velero Commvault or similar for backup and DR.
• Experience operating and optimizing cloud-native Kubernetes platformslike EKS AKS.
• Exposure to tools like Karpenter MicroK8s Service Mesh and Ingress Controllers.
• Familiarity with AI/ML workloadsrunning on Kubernetes is a plus.
• Excellent collaboration communication documentation and incident resolution skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes certifications: CKA CKAD or CKS.
• Strong understanding of container security networking and distributed system architecture.
• Experience using Portainerfor container and Kubernetes management.
• Advanced knowledge of Grafanaand other enterprise-grade observability tools.
• Experience managing large-scale Kubernetes clusters (200 nodes)is highly preferred.
• Prior experience supporting production-grade high-availabilityplatforms and environments.

Why Join Us

• Help shape and operate mission-critical modern Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Be part of a team focused on platform reliability observability and secure operations.
• Contribute to and influence the evolution of deployment and automation practices (GitOps IaC).
• Access cutting-edge tools industry best practices and continuous learning.

Enjoy competitive compensation flexible working options and a growth-focused engineering culture

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.