Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer

Hi,

Job title:- Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer

Duration:-12 months+

Location:-100% Remote

Scope:

Operations
- Building, deploying, and maintaining on-premises Kubernetes clusters from the ground up, including control plane components, etc, networking (CNI), storage (CSI), and ingress controllers
- Performing Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management: upgrades, patching, scaling, and decommissioning
- Deploying, configuring, and managing containerized applications on existing Kubernetes infrastructure
- Administering and troubleshooting Linux-based servers that underpin the Kubernetes environment
- Monitoring cluster health, diagnosing node and pod-level issues, and performing capacity planning
- Managing container runtimes (e.g. containerd), container registries, and image lifecycle
- Configuring and maintaining cluster networking (Calico or similar CNI plugins), load balancers, and DNS
- Implementing and managing persistent storage solutions (NFS, local PV, or CSI drivers)
- Supporting internal teams with service migrations to Kubernetes, troubleshooting deployment issues, and handling escalations
Engineering
- Writing and maintaining automation scripts (Bash, Python) for cluster provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks
- Creating and maintaining Helm charts, or other templating solutions for application deployments
- Building and improving CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery
- Creating, modifying, and reviewing technical documentation and runbooks

Skills - Must Have

Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters from scratch
Experience deploying & managing applications
Linux OS admin & troubleshooting
Scripting & coding skills in Bash &or Python
Docker, containerd, OCI images, container registries

Skills - Nice to Have

Experience with bare-metal Kubernetes deployments (as opposed to managed cloud services)
Familiarity with cluster bootstrapping tools (kubeadm or similar)
Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, or similar)
Knowledge of etcd

Zafar Khan

Technical Recruiter