Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Rancher / NeuVector)

Aboutthe Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join ourinfrastructure and platform engineering team. The ideal candidate will havedeep expertise in building and managing Kubernetes platforms using Rancher , securing containerizedworkloads with NeuVector , and working acrosshybrid or multi-cloud environments. Experience with Harvester or hyperconverged infrastructure platformsis a strong plus.

This role is central to designing, deploying, and maintaining our modern infrastructure stack and enabling secure, scalable environments forapplication teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy,and manage Kubernetes clusters using Rancher in production and non-production environments.
• Integrate and manage NeuVector forcontainer security (runtimescanning, policy enforcement, vulnerability management,etc.).
• Implement platformautomation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible,Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to define and enforcepolicies across containerized platforms.
• Build and maintain observability (monitoring, logging, alerting)and operational dashboards.
• Work closelywith development and DevOps teams to providereliable platform capabilities.
• Participate in incident response, RCA, and performance tuning activities.
• Optionally contribute to HCI platformoperations and VM orchestration if using Harvester .

Required Skills and Experience

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or PlatformEngineering roles.
• Strong hands-onexperience with Kubernetes architecture and operations (preferably K8s v1.20+).
• Experience managingproduction-grade Kubernetes clusterswith Rancher .
• Solid understanding of container securitybest practices and operational experience with NeuVector.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (e.g.,Terraform, Helm, Ansible).
• Experience with CI/CD toolssuch as GitLabCI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Good knowledgeof Linux systems,networking, and shell scripting.
• Understanding of monitoring/logging toolssuch as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, ELK, or Loki.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Harvester or other HCI platforms for VM management on bare metal.
• Familiarity with air-gapped or edge deployments.
• Exposure to hybrid/multi-cloud platformdeployments.
• Certifications in Kubernetes (CKA/CKS), Rancher, or relatedtechnologies