Principal Platform Engineer – Kubernetes Reliability and Distributed Systems
Core
Principal Platform Engineer owning the most complex platform-level technical challenges for HPE's Object Storage platform, including Kubernetes scheduling, resource management, pod failover, service discovery, load balancing, and control-plane availability.
Role type
Principal Platform Engineer (Kubernetes Reliability and Distributed Systems)
Builds
Scalable, reliable Object Storage platform capabilities and infrastructure
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems / Object Storage
Required skills
Kubernetes architecture and core components, distributed systems failure recovery, Linux systems and networking, Go/Python/Bash programming, observability and reliability engineering, incident response and root cause analysis, technical leadership and mentorship
Preferred skills
Kubernetes distributions (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift), service meshes and CNI/CSI plugins, distributed databases and consensus systems, chaos engineering, GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux, Helm), cloud certifications (CKA, CKAD)
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Python, Bash, Linux, Docker/containerd, etcd, Argo CD, Flux, Helm
Responsibilities
Serve as senior technical authority for Kubernetes platform architecture; own investigation and resolution of complex production issues (pod failover, control plane, node failure); define and drive improvements to high availability and disaster recovery; lead architecture and implementation of platform improvements; improve observability (metrics, logs, traces); lead major incident response and root cause analysis; mentor senior engineers; partner with cross-functional teams to resolve issues; evaluate new Kubernetes capabilities; create technical standards and operational best practices.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on technical leadership with strategic influence
