Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Sandeep PothulaUnited StatesSENIORPosted 13d ago
KubernetesCloud InfrastructureGPU ComputeEKSGKECI/CDAWSCoreWeaveGCPOCITerraformPythonMonitoringAlertingSLIsSLOsIncident Response
About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled Kubernetes Platform Engineer to support a major High Performance Computing (HPC) initiative. This role requires strong hands-on expertise in Kubernetes at scale, cloud infrastructure, and GPU compute environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Operate and maintain large-scale Kubernetes platforms across EKS, GKE, and other cloud environments
• Manage cluster lifecycle, node pools, networking policies, scheduler troubleshooting, and rolling upgrades
• Provision HPC infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines across AWS, CoreWeave, GCP, and OCI
• Manage GPU compute allocation and job scheduling for AI training and inference workloads
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, SLIs, and SLOs
• Participate in incident response, severity escalations, and post-incident reviews
• Collaborate with Networking, Storage, Security, and AI/ML Platform teams
Requirements
• 4+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience at scale
• Strong knowledge of cluster operations, node pool sizing, scheduler debugging, CNI troubleshooting, and rolling upgrades
• Proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Python scripting for tooling and automation
• Working knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, S3, EFS, and FSx for Lustre
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident management
• Exposure to GPU/HPC job scheduling and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments