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Kubernetes Architect

Own the technical strategy, architecture, and continuous improvement of enterprise SUSE Rancher fleet.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design multi-cluster, multi-DC topologies (HA etcd, air-gapped registries, Rancher Global Fleet).
  • Define cluster baselines (CIS, NIST) and GitOps patterns; approve all CRDs and Helm charts.
  • Govern version upgrades, capacity plans, and platform road-map.
  • Lead root-cause analysis for Sev-1 incidents; chair the change-advisory board for Kubernetes.
  • Mentor SRE, automation, and security engineers; run monthly knowledge-sharing sessions.

Core Skills & Tools
Kubernetes ≥1.27, Rancher 2.x/Neuvector, RKE2/K3s, Helm, FluxCD/Argo CD, HAProxy/Traefik, Longhorn/Portworx, Velero/Kasten, Service Mesh (Istio or Cilium), Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI.

Qualifications

  • 8+ yrs container & cloud-native experience, 3+ yrs in enterprise Kubernetes, large (>50-node) clusters.
  • SUSE Certified Rancher Administrator (SCA_Ran) or CKA/CKS mandatory; CKAD desirable.
  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent; ITIL v4 Foundation.

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$135000 / YEARLY (est.)
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