Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Role: Kubernetes Engineer

Location: Irvine (CA) or San Antonio (TX)

Duration: Long-Term

Specialization

:Advanced Platform Fluency on Enterprise Kubernete

s
Platform Environmen

t:Red Hat OpenShift (Enterprise Kubernetes) | Portworx (Persistent Storag

e)
Role Summ

aryT he Kubernetes Lead owns deep technic al reliability engineering for applications and services running on the enterprise Kubernetes platform built on Red Hat OpenShift and Portworx persist e nt stor age. This role goes beyond day-to-day operations to drive reliability architecture decisions, advanced workload engineering, observability design, and automation engineering at scale, while mentoring Engineers and serving as the technical escalation point for complex inciden

ts.
The Kubernetes Lead operates as an advanced consumer of the OpenShift and Portworx platf orm, owned and operated by the Platform Engineering team, with deep platform fluency to diagnose cross-layer failures, partner effectively with Platform Engineering on reliability-impacting issues, and influence platform configurations that affect workload performance and resilie

nce.
Key Responsibil

ities
Operational Excellence & Incident Lead

• ershipLead Major Incident response (P1/P2) as technical incident commander, coordinating across application teams, Platform Enginee ring (OpenShift/Po rtworx), and vendor support cha
• nnels.Conduct deep-dive post-incident reviews with structured RCA, correlating application-layer failures with OpenShift cluster events, node conditions , and Portworx storage tele
• metry.Drive cross-team problem management, tracking reliability improvements to closure and measuring impact against error budget t
• rends.Monitor service health across OpenShift namespaces and proactively identify early signals of degradation before SLO b

reach.
Advanced Kubernetes & Platform Engineering Collab

• orationServe as technical authority for workload reliabil ity on Red Hat Op enShift, with advanced expert
• ise in:Multi-cluster workload governance and namespace isolation str
• ategiesOpenShift service mesh (OSS M/Istio): circuit breaking, retries, timeouts, and canary depl
• oymentsAdvanced HPA/VPA/KEDA-based autoscaling design for high-traffic and burst wo
• rkloadsPod Disruption Budget governance, Priority Class design, and preemption policies for critical s
• ervicesOpenShift Operator-based workload management and CRD-driven application li
• fecycleAct as the primary technical liaison to Platform Engine ering (OpenShift/P ortworx), translating workload reliability requirements into platform configuration requests and engaging on capacity, scheduling, and storage policy changes that impact servic

e SLOs.Portworx Storage Reliability (Advanced Co

• nsumer)Own storage reliability design for stateful workloads on OpenShift, with advanced working knowledge of Portworx Enterprise inc
• luding:Storage Class and PVC design patterns for data bases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB) and AI/ML wo
• rkloadsPortworx volume replication policy selection (RF-2, RF-3) aligned to workload RTO/RPO requi
• rementsDiagnosing and leading recovery from complex PVC mount failures, storage path degradation, and I/O performance
• issuesPortworx Autopilot policy awareness: understanding capacity expansion rules to prevent application d

owntimeRequired Skills & Exp

erienceExp

• erience7-12 years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Operations, or DevOps within enterprise or mission-critical enviro
• nments.Proven track record owning service reliability for prod uction Kubernetes workloads, preferably on Red Hat OpenShift (OC
• P 4.x).Demonstrated expertise designing and operating frameworks including SLIs, SLOs, error budget governance, and reliability-driven engin

eering.Kubernetes & OpenShift (Advanced Co

• nsumer)Advanced hands-on expert ise in Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x) workload ope rations, inc
• luding:Stateful application management: Stateful Sets, headless services, PVC templates, and ordered pod li
• fecycleService mesh operations: OSSM/Istio traffic management, circuit breaking, retries, fault injection, and canary
• routingAdvanced autosc aling: HPA, VP A, KEDA (event-driven), and cluster auto scaler interaction p
• atternsOpenShift Operators and CRD-based application lifecycle man
• agementMulti-namespace RBAC design, Network Policy enforcement, and multi-tenant workload is

olationPortworx (Advanced Storage Co

• nsumer)Advanced working knowledge of Portworx Enterprise as consumed by stateful workloads on OpenShift, inc
• luding:Storage Class design and PVC template strategy for databases and high-throughput stateful s

ervicesQualifi

• cationsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equi
• valent.Postgraduate degree (MS / M.Tech) is a strong adv

antage.
Preferred Certif

• icationsCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) —
• requiredCertified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) — strong a
• dvantageCertified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) — d
• esirableRed Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280) — strongly d
• esirableAWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional (for hybrid cloud envir
• onments)ITIL v4 Foundation — d

esirableDesirable Ex

• perienceExperience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (RHACS / Stackrox) for container security policy enforcement and compliance s
• canning.Exposure to Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM) for multi-cluster workload governance and policy man
• agement.Experience operating AI/ML workloads on OpenShift AI (RHOAI) with Portworx-backed persistent storage for model training and serving pi
• pelines.Understanding of Portworx PX-Backup and PX-DR from an application DR planning, RTO/RPO governance, and restore validation pers
• pective.Familiarity with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) in environments migrating VM workloads to con