Kubernetes Platform Support Engineer

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In short

Qualcomm IT is looking for a Kubernetes generalist to manage and troubleshoot on-prem and cloud-based Kubernetes clusters using Rancher, RKE2, GKE, EKS, and AKS. The role involves monitoring performance, developing automation scripts, and implementing advanced Kubernetes patterns with opportunities for growth and mentorship.

Responsibilities

Assist with the construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high performance bare-metal on-prem and cloud-based multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters using Rancher.
Manage Kubernetes distributions including RKE2 (on-prem) and GKE, EKS, AKS (cloud).
Monitor performance and availability of all Kubernetes clusters, including high performance GPU acceleration.
Develop and deploy platform automation scripts and software.
Implement self-healing system automation.
Test, validate, and deploy new Kubernetes versions.
Transform existing platform automation to leverage new Kubernetes functionality.
Test and integrate new high performance bare-metal compute platforms.
Implement and troubleshoot novel Kubernetes multi-tenancy patterns such as vcluster.
Migrate Gatekeeper OPA policies to Validating Admission Policy.

Requirements

Comfortable using and developing on Linux as a primary OS, especially Ubuntu.
2+ years Kubernetes administration experience.
Advanced proficiency in Kustomize or Helm (preferably both).
Intermediate knowledge of Kubernetes networking internals (notably Cilium).
Direct experience deploying and maintaining enterprise Kubernetes clusters.
Advanced proficiency with Docker+ContainerD and Linux container internals.
Advanced proficiency with git and Github.
Knowledge of Kubernetes control plane architecture and troubleshooting.
Intermediate proficiency with Python or Go.
Intermediate proficiency with bash scripting.
Comfortable with Agile project management in JIRA.
3+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.

Desired Qualifications

Recent CKAD and CKA certifications. CKS certification is a plus.
Bare-metal Kubernetes management with Rancher, RKE2, and Cilium.
Cloud Kubernetes management (GKE, EKS and AKS).
Datadog log and metrics collection; dashboarding.
Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper OPA.
Kubernetes Ingress/Gateway API implementations.
Deployment and management of Portworx and MetalLB.
Creating CI/CD workflows using Github Actions.
Experience with GPU-accelerated workloads in Kubernetes.

Benefits

Opportunities for growth through project work and coaching from mentors.

Skills

KubernetesRancherRKE2GKEEKSAKSLinuxUbuntuKustomizeHelmCiliumDockerContainerDGitGithubPythonGobashJIRACKADCKACKSDatadogOpen Policy AgentGatekeeperPortworxMetalLBGithub Actions

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