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You will provide on-site operational support for enterprise Kubernetes platforms built on SUSE Rancher and RKE2, keep day-to-day operations running smoothly, and help the customer's team become confident in using and operating Rancher. This role requires:Strong, practical hands-on experience with Rancher and RKE2\nOn-site operational support and day-to-day platform activities\nSolid Kubernetes troubleshooting and issue resolution skills\nKnowledge transfer and technical guidance to the team on Rancher usage and operations\nThis is a hands-on, customer-facing role. Candidates must be able to show real experience operating Rancher and RKE2 clusters, not only theoretical knowledge.What You'll Do\nWe offer you the opportunity to apply and grow your skills with a diverse and geographically distributed technology team, working directly with customers on mission-critical Kubernetes platforms.The following are the main duties you will do as part of this job:\nProvide on-site operational support for Rancher-managed RKE2 clusters at the customer's premises\nCarry out day-to-day operations: cluster health checks, node and workload management, namespace and project administration, and user access through Rancher RBAC\nTroubleshoot and resolve platform issues (nodes, pods, networking, DNS, ingress, storage and certificates), and escalate with clear findings when needed\nOperate Rancher Manager: managing downstream clusters, projects, users and roles, the app catalog and Helm-based deployments\nSupport RKE2 cluster installation, configuration, scaling and routine maintenance, including on-premise and air-gapped environments\nAssist with planned Kubernetes, RKE2 and Rancher upgrades, and with etcd snapshots and Rancher backup and restore\nMonitor platforms using Rancher Monitoring (Prometheus and Grafana) and logging, and respond to alerts and incidents\nApply security baselines such as the RKE2 CIS profile, Pod Security Admission and network policies\nDeliver knowledge transfer, hands-on walkthroughs and technical guidance to customer and internal teams on Rancher usage and operations\nCreate and maintain runbooks, operational procedures and platform documentation\nWork closely with customer stakeholders and the wider Oivan and SUSE teams\nWhat You Have\nQualifications & SkillsOur ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:\n3+ years of hands-on experience in IT, with 2+ years operating Kubernetes in production\nStrong practical experience with Rancher and RKE2:Rancher Manager day-2 operations: downstream clusters, projects, RBAC, catalog and apps\nRKE2 server and agent nodes, config.yaml, embedded containerd, etcd and air-gapped installation\n\nSolid Kubernetes troubleshooting skills:Debugging with kubectl, events, logs, crictl and node-level tools\nDiagnosing networking, DNS, storage, scheduling and certificate issues\n\nWorking knowledge of Helm; 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