Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Controllers)

4 days ago

Dublin, IrelandMid Level

Responsibilities

Design and develop Kubernetes controllers and operators that automate the lifecycle of platform services.
Contribute to a global workload placement system across public cloud and on-premises Kubernetes clusters.
Develop Kubernetes APIs and Custom Resource Definitions for platform capabilities.
Build reconciliation logic for safely managing distributed system state.
Automate provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes platform components.
Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability.
Investigate production issues and participate in root cause analysis.
Collaborate with platform and service teams on automation for large-scale distributed systems.

Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture, lifecycle, and core concepts across cloud and on-premises environments.
Experience developing software in Go or another modern programming language, with interest in Go development.
Experience building software for Linux-based environments.
Experience developing Kubernetes controllers, operators, or Kubernetes APIs.
At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
Understanding of Kubernetes reconciliation patterns, declarative system design, and Communicating Sequential Processes.
Experience using Kubernetes in production and operating distributed systems across public cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Familiarity with controller-runtime, Kubebuilder, Custom Resource Definitions, Common Expression Language rules, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps workflows.
Experience with bare-metal infrastructure, hybrid cloud, or multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments is highly desirable.
Experience with Cluster API, SIG Multicluster, Karmada, or other Kubernetes ecosystem projects is a plus.
Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, ownership, and learning skills; open-source contributions in the Kubernetes or CNCF ecosystem are a plus.

The role is part of Sony Interactive Entertainment and supports PlayStation cloud gaming experiences for millions of players.
The position involves working as part of a distributed engineering team across multiple time zones.
Sony offers an inclusive, equal-opportunity, and fair-chance work environment.
Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.