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Kubernetes Platform Systems Engineer

Kubernetes Platform Systems Engineer

ITROak Ridge, TN, US
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Job Description

Job Description

Kubernetes Platform Systems Engineer

The Department of Energy facility delivers scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs necessary to realize solutions in energy and national security, providing economic benefits to the nation. This premier research institution, located near Knoxville in Oak Ridge, TN, addresses national needs through impactful research and world-leading research centers. This position can be remote, but it'd require you to come on-site twice a year.

  • Must be eligible for a federal security clearance (US Citizen)

Job Responsibilities :

  • Use advanced knowledge and experience to ensure our Kubernetes platform remains reliable, available, and fast
  • Use advanced knowledge and experience to identify problems and provide solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and efficiency of our services
  • Respond to, investigate, and fix service issues all the way from bare metal through the OS to the application code, including technically complex problems spanning a diverse set of areas
  • Work as part of a team to define and implement best practices and standards within the organization
  • Coordinate with vendors to resolve hardware and software problems
  • Participate in an on-call rotation providing 24-hour, 7-day support and off-hours maintenance windows
  • Work with scientific and technical users to help them use Kubernetes
  • Basic Qualifications :

  • 5+ years of experience working as an SRE / Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer
  • Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • At least five years of relevant technical experience
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • 10+ years of experience working as an SRE / Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer
  • Excellent interpersonal / communications skills, and the ability to work as part of a team
  • Experience with Docker or Kubernetes
  • Experiencing using image registries such as Quay or Harbor
  • Understanding of networked computing environment concepts
  • Working knowledge of Unix systems fundamentals and common network protocols
  • Ability to develop and maintain programs and scripts that aid in the operation and automation of tasks using various shell and scripting languages (primarily bash, Python, and Go)
  • Working knowledge of tools such as Prometheus, Nagios, and Grafana to monitor systems, metrics and create dashboards
  • Working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tooling such as Terraform, Helm, and Puppet
  • Working knowledge of CI / CD tooling and GitOps
  • Experience with code review and familiarity with tools like git, GitHub and GitLab
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