Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing talent-on-demand and total workforce solutions. The company is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to support Kubernetes infrastructure managed through Rancher, strengthen platform operations, and improve system reliability and automation. The role will advance infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices across on-premises and cloud environments.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and enhance Kubernetes platforms across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
- Support provisioning, upgrades, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters managed through Rancher
- Provide deep technical expertise in Linux-based systems, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, automation, and operational support
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions to standardize and automate platform deployment and management, with a preference for Cluster API (CAPI)-based approaches
- Support and improve GitOps workflows using ArgoCD to manage cluster and application configuration in a consistent, auditable manner
- Work closely with developers, scientists, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable platform services and translate operational needs into sustainable engineering solutions
- Identify opportunities to improve platform resilience, observability, security, and maintainability through automation and modern SRE practices
Skills
- * 5+ years of professional experience in site reliability engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or systems engineering roles
- * Hands-on experience operating and supporting Kubernetes platforms in production environments
- * Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters in both on-premises and cloud-based environments
- * Strong Linux systems administration skills, including troubleshooting, scripting, networking, and system performance analysis
- * Experience with Rancher for Kubernetes cluster management and platform operations
- * Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions for platform provisioning and lifecycle management
- * Demonstrated success working in Agile teams (Scrum, Kanban)
- * Kubernetes: Cluster operations, upgrades, networking, storage, troubleshooting, and workload support
- * Platform Management: Rancher or similar Kubernetes management platforms
- * Linux: Advanced administration of Linux/Unix systems
- * GitOps/CI-CD: ArgoCD, Git version control, and deployment automation practices
- * Scripting/Automation: Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages for automation and operational tooling
- * Experience with hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises and public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- * Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem tooling for observability, logging, monitoring, and alerting
- * Familiarity with security best practices for Kubernetes and Linux platforms
- * Experience supporting scientific research environments, high-performance computing, or computational science workflows
- * Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline development and platform automation patterns
- * Infrastructure as Code: Strong IaC experience; Cluster API (CAPI) preferred
- * BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field preferred; or equivalent professional experience
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