3 months ago
Berkeley, CA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Manage the lifecycle of on-premises and cloud Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, security patching, scaling, capacity planning, and disaster recovery.
- Troubleshoot control plane, node, resource, and cluster-level issues and manage etcd health and backups.
- Implement and maintain Cilium CNI, Kubernetes network policies, multi-tenant isolation, pod networking, DNS, service discovery, and connectivity.
- Configure BGP peering and collaborate on firewall rules, VLANs, IPv6 networking, and network architecture.
- Monitor cluster performance and optimize resource utilization across multi-tenant workloads.
- Contribute to an internal developer platform focused on security and development efficiency.
- Support development teams with Kubernetes workload deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and best-practice guidance.
- Maintain platform documentation, runbooks, self-service guides, and tooling.
Requirements
- 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, 6 years with a Master's degree, or equivalent experience.
- Experience administering Kubernetes on on-premises infrastructure such as K3s, RKE2, or similar platforms.
- Experience with cloud-managed Kubernetes, including GKE and/or EKS.
- Strong understanding of Linux networking fundamentals, including iptables/nftables, routing, DNS, and TCP/IP.
- Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
- Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go for scripting and automation.
- Production Cilium CNI or equivalent networking experience.
- Understanding of Kubernetes security practices, including Pod Security Standards, RBAC, and secrets management.
- Experience with GCP and/or AWS cloud platforms.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Preferred: Go programming for operator maintenance and platform tooling, CKA or CKS certification, BGP and network engineering experience, IPv6 networking, Terraform or Ansible, Backstage, Istio or Linkerd, and GitHub or GitLab workflows.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Berkeley, California.
- One-year contract with possible extension or conversion based on performance and organizational needs.
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