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You will build, operate and troubleshoot enterprise Kubernetes platforms including GPU-enabled clusters for AI/ML workloads. This role requires strong expertise in:Hands-on Kubernetes operations, with strong troubleshooting and root-cause investigation skills\nSUSE Rancher Manager setup, operations and multi-cluster management\nNVIDIA GPU Operator deployment and operations on top of RKE2\nAutomation through CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based delivery\nIstio service mesh\nHands-on experience with RKE2, Rancher and SUSE Virtualization is a very strong plus. Candidates without it must at least understand what these products are and their core concepts.What You'll Do\nKey ResponsibilitiesWe offer you the unique opportunity to apply and develop your skills with a diverse and geographically distributed technology team. You will play a key role in building and running Kubernetes platforms that host mission-critical and GPU-accelerated workloads.\nThe following are the main duties you will do as part of this job:\nInstall, configure and operate production Kubernetes clusters, primarily RKE2,across on-premise, air-gapped and hybrid environments\nSet up and operate SUSE Rancher Manager in high availability: installation, upgrades, backup and restore, authentication and RBAC, and provisioning or importing downstream clusters\nAutomate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and Ansible)\nTroubleshoot and investigate platform issues end to end (nodes, pods, CNI networking, DNS, ingress, storage, certificates, etcd and the control plane) and drive root-cause analysis to closure\nSet up and operate SUSE Rancher Manager in high availability: installation, upgrades, backup and restore, authentication and RBAC, and provisioning or importing downstream clusters\nDeploy and operate the NVIDIA GPU Operator on RKE2, including driver and container toolkit configuration for RKE2's embedded containerd, the device plugin, GPU Feature Discovery and DCGM monitoring\nConfigure GPU sharing (MIG and time-slicing) and support the scheduling and operation of AI/ML workloads on GPU nodes\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) for application and platform delivery\nImplement GitOps with Rancher Fleet, Argo CD or Flux, keeping Git as the single source of truth for cluster configuration and deployments\nPackage and manage workloads with Helm and Kustomize\nDeploy and operate Istio: traffic management, ingress and egress gateways, mTLS and authorization policies, and mesh troubleshooting \nOperate SUSE Virtualization (Harvester) to run VM workloads alongside containers and to host RKE2 guest clusters\nImplement monitoring, logging and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana and Rancher Monitoring and Logging\nHarden clusters using CIS benchmarks (including the RKE2 CIS profile), Pod Security Admission, network policies and secrets management\nPlan and execute Kubernetes, RKE2 and Rancher upgrades with minimal downtime\nDesign and test backup and disaster recovery, including etcd snapshots, Rancher backups and workload backup (e.g., Velero)\nCreate and maintain runbooks, playbooks and platform documentation\nConduct knowledge transfer and training sessions for customer and internal teams\nWork closely with customer stakeholders in on-site engagements\nWhat You Have\nQualifications & SkillsOur ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:\n5+ years of hands-on experience in IT, with 3+ years administering Kubernetes in production\nStrong Kubernetes troubleshooting and investigation skills:Systematic debugging with kubectl, events, logs, crictl and node-level tools\nDiagnosing networking, DNS, storage, scheduling, certificate and control-plane issues\nRoot-cause analysis and clear incident write-ups\n\nHands-on experience with Rancher Manager setup and day-2 operations\nExperience deploying and operating the NVIDIA GPU Operator, ideally on RKE2\nAutomation with CI/CD and GitOps:GitLab CI, Jenkins or GitHub Actions\nFleet, Argo CD or Flux\nHelm and Kustomize\n\nHands-on experience with Istio service mesh\nInfrastructure as Code: Terraform and Ansible\nStrong Linux administration (SLES / SLE Micro, RHEL or Ubuntu) and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, TLS)\nMonitoring and observability: Prometheus, Grafana and centralized logging\nStrong Bash scripting; Python or Go is a plus\nBachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field\nStrong experience working in on-premise enterprise environments, including air-gapped setups\nAbility to work independently in customer-facing roles\nEnglish (advanced); Arabic language skills are a strong advantage\nVery strong plus: RKE2, Rancher and SUSE VirtualizationHands-on production experience with these products will strongly differentiate a candidate. 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