Kubernetes Platform Engineer

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Berkeley, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 8 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Kubernetes Platform Engineer 1- Year Contract Remote $100/hour

Our client Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer for a one year contract. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on the day-to-day operation administration and improvement of Kubernetes platforms supporting critical research and scientific networking systems.

  • Employment Type: W-2 only. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. No C2C or third-party arrangements.

  • Contract Dates: May 27 2026 May 26 2027

  • Location: Remote

  • Hours: Full-time Monday through Friday

  • Background Check: Clear criminal background check required

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the full lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters including upgrades patching scaling and capacity planning across on prem and cloud environments

  • Administer and troubleshoot Kubernetes platforms using K3s RKE2 GKE and EKS

  • Implement and maintain Cilium CNI and enforce secure network policies for multi tenant environments

  • Troubleshoot complex cluster and networking issues including control plane failures node issues DNS and service connectivity

  • Manage etcd health backups and disaster recovery processes

  • Collaborate with datacenter and network teams on infrastructure changes and maintenance windows

  • Support development teams by reviewing deployment manifests and assisting with workload troubleshooting

  • Contribute to internal developer platform initiatives and platform documentation runbooks and best practices

  • Apply Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC Pod Security Standards and secrets management

Required Qualifications:

  • 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

  • Hands-on experience administering on premises Kubernetes (K3s RKE2 or similar)

  • Experience supporting cloud-managed Kubernetes environments (GKE and/or EKS)

  • Strong Linux and networking fundamentals including routing DNS TCP/IP and firewall concepts

  • Experience with Cilium CNI or equivalent container networking solutions

  • Familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux

  • Scripting and automation skills using Bash Python and/or Go

  • Experience working in collaborative production-focused engineering environments

  • Cloud experience with GCP and/or AWS

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Go programming experience for platform tooling or operator development

  • CKA or CKS certification

  • Experience with BGP IPv6 networking or service mesh technologies

  • Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform or Ansible

  • Experience supporting internal developer platforms or tools such as Backstage

  • Strong familiarity with GitHub or GitLab workflows and code review practices


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