Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 2 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago
Contract Independent
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Job Details

Skills

  • Kubernetes Platform

Summary

Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Chicago, IL/Tempe, AZ (Local only)

Long Term

Key Responsibilities

  • Support and manage enterprise Kubernetes platform (100+ clusters)
  • Perform cluster maintenance, upgrades, patching, and health checks
  • Troubleshoot platform, networking, and resource issues
  • Participate in incident response, RCA, and on-call support
  • Assist application teams with Kubernetes-related issues and best practices
  • Work with tools like ingress controllers, logging, monitoring, and container registries
  • Document runbooks and improve platform reliability

Required Skills

  • Strong hands-on Kubernetes production support experience
  • Solid understanding of Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, RBAC, ConfigMaps, Secrets
  • Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes (networking, scheduling, performance)
  • Experience with enterprise platforms (VMware Tanzu preferred)
  • Strong Linux administration skills
  • Knowledge of container runtimes and images
  • Ability to work in high-pressure/on-call environments

Preferred Skills

  • Scripting (Bash/Python) for automation
  • Experience with large multi-cluster environments

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  • Dice Id: 91172961
  • Position Id: 8960171
  • Posted 2 hours ago
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