Kubernetes Administrator

We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals.

We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance.

Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.

Love solving complex real-world business problems.

Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.

Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.

Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.

Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.

Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.

Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.

Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.

Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.

Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.

Consider our people to be our greatest asset we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities :

We are looking for you to join our team as a Kubernetes Administrator to design, build and implement cloud-native architectures with Kubernetes and related technologies for us.

Responsible for overall Docker & Kubernetes setup, configuration and Architecture. Configuring and maintaining / supporting a large-scale Docker based environment using Kubernetes.

Troubleshoot and resolve issues within the Docker and Kubernetes environment. Ensure proper operational aspects including monitoring, reporting, backup for both Docker hosts and associated images and containers.

Help develop and maintain automated processes, tools, and documentation in support of Docker. Work with development teams to understand capacity and performance requirements & define a deployment solution using container orchestration tools to ensure scalable and highly available solution.

Assist Development teams to migrate applications to Docker based PaaS platform using Kubernetes.

Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related systems engineering discipline
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience
• Certifications such as CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) a plus
• Experience in creating and managing production scale Kubernetes clusters.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes networking
• Support our Kubernetes based projects to resolve critical and complex technical issues.
• Assist application owners in performing application deployments on Kubernetes cluster
• Securely managing Kubernetes Cluster on-premises
• Kubernetes core concepts
• Deployment, ReplicaSet, DaemonSet, Statefulsets, Jobs
• Managing Kubernetes secrets using Hashicorp Vault
• Ingress Controllers (Nginx, Istio etc) and cloud native load balancers
• Managing Kubernetes storages (PV, PVC, Storage Classes, Provisioners)
• Kubernetes Networking (Services, Endpoints, DNS, LoadBalancers)
• Managing resource quotas
• Experience in setting up monitoring and alerting for Kubernetes cluster using standard monitoring tools.
• Deeply engage with our stakeholders to understand their architecture and operations, and work to continuously improve their overall Kubernetes support experience

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus.

Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors.

The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.

Salary Range : $ 105,000.00 - $ 150,000.00