Kubernetes Platform Engineer
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Job Location:
Milpitas, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Role Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Engineer responsible for building operating and scaling Kubernetes clusters on physical (bare-metal) servers. This role focuses on data center infrastructure hardware provisioning storage automation and cluster reliability. The ideal candidate has strong experience working in on-prem environments and is not primarily cloud-focused.
Key Responsibilities
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Deploy configure and maintain Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal infrastructure
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Perform rack & stack hardware provisioning cabling and server lifecycle management
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Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
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Design and manage persistent storage solutions (SAN NAS Ceph or similar)
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Monitor cluster health performance and availability using observability tools
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Implement high availability backup and disaster recovery strategies
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Manage networking configurations including VLANs load balancing and DNS
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Troubleshoot hardware OS networking and cluster-level issues
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Collaborate with platform DevOps and application teams to ensure reliability and scalability
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Maintain documentation for infrastructure processes and runbooks
Required Skills & Expertise
Core Infrastructure
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Strong experience with bare-metal server provisioning & data center operations
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Hands-on experience with rack & stack and physical server management
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Linux system administration (RHEL Ubuntu or similar)
Container & Orchestration
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Deep expertise in Kubernetes cluster deployment and operations
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Experience managing multi-node clusters in production environments
Infrastructure Automation
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Terraform & Ansible for provisioning and configuration management
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices
Storage & Networking
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Experience with persistent storage solutions (Ceph GlusterFS SAN/NAS)
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Networking fundamentals: VLANs routing DNS load balancing
Monitoring & Reliability
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Monitoring & logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK stack
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Experience ensuring high availability and system reliability
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with container runtimes and networking (CRI-O Containerd CNI plugins)
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Knowledge of disaster recovery and backup strategies
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Exposure to security hardening and compliance practices
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Scripting skills (Bash Python)
