IMPORTANT: NATO SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED
Candidates must hold an active NATO Secret clearance . Unfortunately, applications without this clearance cannot be considered .
Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Rancher)
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient Kubernetes platforms. You will play a key role in managing complex, distributed environments across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures.
What You’ll Do
Design, build, and evolve highly scalable Kubernetes platforms using SUSE Rancher as the central management layer
Manage the full lifecycle of RKE/RKE2 clusters (provisioning, scaling, patching, upgrades) with near-zero downtime
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and implement GitOps workflows (GitLab, ArgoCD, Rancher Fleet)
Monitor platform health using Prometheus and Grafana , troubleshoot complex containerized workloads
Enforce security policies including RBAC, network policies, and container image scanning
Optimize infrastructure by monitoring and tuning CPU, memory, and storage utilization
Maintain clear technical documentation, including runbooks and architecture diagrams
What You Bring
~4+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering
~4+ years of experience managing production-grade Kubernetes environments , especially with SUSE Rancher
~ Proven experience leading migration projects from legacy systems to containerized microservices architectures
~ Strong expertise in managing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments via Rancher (UI/API)
~ Experience with infrastructure automation using Ansible
~ Deep knowledge of GitOps principles and deployment tools (GitLab, ArgoCD, Rancher Fleet)
~ Advanced experience with Helm and managing both stateful and stateless workloads
~ Strong background in monitoring & logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
~ Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting
~ Ability to troubleshoot across the full stack—from kernel-level issues to networking failures
Nice to Have
Experience with Rancher Observability
Knowledge of zero-trust security models , Pod Security, and governance
Hands-on experience with CNI solutions (Calico, Cilium, Canal) and service mesh (Istio)
Experience with CSI and storage solutions such as SUSE Longhorn
Familiarity with hybrid environments across bare-metal, vSphere, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience mentoring engineers and driving DevOps best practices
Why Join
You’ll be working on mission-critical platforms in a highly secure and technically advanced environment, contributing to large-scale, high-impact infrastructure.
If you meet the clearance requirement and are ready to work on complex Kubernetes platforms, we’d like to hear from you.
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