Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Core
Operate and continuously improve a fleet-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes platform across all Firmus sites, handling cluster lifecycle, control-plane recovery, and GPU integration.
Role type
Senior IC Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Builds
Production Kubernetes estates, operational tooling, and automated remediation pipelines
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Kubernetes / GPU Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes fleet operations, control-plane internals, Kubernetes controllers/operators, multi-tenant isolation, GPU scheduling, infrastructure-as-code, Go/Python/Bash scripting, incident response, admission control, network policy
Preferred skills
GPU/HPC workloads, automated tenant onboarding, vendor distributions, DPU/SmartNIC networking, open-source contributions
Technologies
OpenTofu, Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, etcd
Responsibilities
Execute cluster provisioning, patching, upgrades, and decommissioning; Operate and recover control planes including etcd state and certificate rotation; Diagnose scheduling, CNI, CSI, and resource contention faults; Lead technical recovery during major incidents and mentor engineers; Maintain runbooks and performance documentation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC