Staff SRE for K8s Platform Team
Build and operate highly available Kubernetes platforms on AWS, with responsibility for platform creation, scaling, service mesh, automation, security, and incident response. The role requires extensive infrastructure experience and expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, Karpenter, Istio, CI/CD, and cloud-native systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms for production workloads.
- Build, manage, and optimize AWS infrastructure, including EKS, ECS, S3, VPCs, RDS, and IAM.
- Create, maintain, and manage Helm charts for production-ready Kubernetes deployments.
- Implement and manage Karpenter for dynamic Kubernetes cluster scaling and resource optimization.
- Configure and manage Istio for service-to-service communication, security, observability, traffic management, service discovery, and policy enforcement.
- Automate infrastructure and application deployment, scaling, and management through CI/CD pipelines.
- Respond to incidents and troubleshoot performance, availability, and security issues.
- Design and implement secure cloud infrastructure with appropriate access controls, network security, and compliance practices.
- Document Kubernetes platform setup, operational procedures, and best practices, and promote knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes/K8s, Helm, Karpenter, and Istio.
- 8+ years of experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Chef, or Ansible.
- 8+ years of experience with serverless computing, including AWS Lambda and API Gateway, and microservices architecture.
- Proven experience with AWS services including EKS, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, and IAM.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes platform creation, management, and optimization, including highly available clusters, networking, and storage.
- Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployment and management.
- Practical experience with Karpenter for dynamic Kubernetes cluster scaling and resource optimization.
- Expertise managing and securing Istio, including traffic management, security, and observability.
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Spinnaker, and Ansible.
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or Go.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and ELK Stack.
Nice to Have
- Experience with multi-region cloud environments.
- Understanding of cloud and Kubernetes security practices, including RBAC, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
- Familiarity with Docker and containerization principles.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- CKA, CKAD, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification.
Skills
Kubernetes, Helm, Karpenter, Istio, AWS, Amazon Eks, Terraform, Ansible, AWS Lambda, Api Gateway, CI/CD, Python, Go, Prometheus, Grafana
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