Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes
Build and operate secure, highly available Kubernetes platforms on AWS, including cluster creation, scaling, service mesh, automation, and incident response. The Staff-level role requires deep experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Helm, Karpenter, and Istio.
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, IAM, and related services.
- Create, maintain, and manage Helm charts for production 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.
- Implement secure cloud infrastructure with appropriate access controls, network security, and compliance practices.
- Document Kubernetes platform setup, operational procedures, and best practices, and share knowledge across teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with AWS.
- 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
- 4+ years of experience with Terraform.
- Experience with multi-region cloud environments and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong expertise creating and managing Kubernetes platforms, including highly available clusters, networking, and storage.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing applications with Helm.
- Experience with Karpenter for dynamic Kubernetes scaling.
- Experience managing and securing Istio, including traffic management, security, and observability.
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Ansible, and Spinnaker.
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and ELK Stack.
- Ability to meet U.S. Person status requirements for access to federal environments or protected federal data.
- Ability to complete in-person onboarding and travel to the San Francisco, CA headquarters or Chicago office during the first week.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of cloud and Kubernetes security practices, including RBAC, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
- Familiarity with Docker and containerization.
- 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, Terraform, AWS, Amazon Eks, Amazon Ecs, Amazon S3, Amazon Vpc, Amazon Rds, IAM, Karpenter, Istio, CI/CD, Python, Bash
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