Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Purple Drive

Overview:

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Engineer responsible for building, operating, and scaling Kubernetes clusters on physical (bare-metal) servers . This role focuses on data center infrastructure, hardware provisioning, storage, automation, and cluster reliability. The ideal candidate has strong experience working in on-prem environments and is not primarily cloud-focused.

Key Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal infrastructure
Perform rack & stack , hardware provisioning, cabling, and server lifecycle management
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
Design and manage persistent storage solutions (SAN, NAS, Ceph, or similar)
Monitor cluster health, performance, and availability using observability tools
Implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
Manage networking configurations including VLANs, load balancing, and DNS
Troubleshoot hardware, OS, networking, and cluster-level issues
Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and application teams to ensure reliability and scalability
Maintain documentation for infrastructure, processes, and runbooks

Required Skills & Expertise

Core Infrastructure

Strong experience with bare-metal server provisioning & data center operations
Hands-on experience with rack & stack and physical server management
Linux system administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, or similar)

Container & Orchestration

Deep expertise in Kubernetes cluster deployment and operations
Experience managing multi-node clusters in production environments

Infrastructure Automation

Terraform & Ansible for provisioning and configuration management
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices

Storage & Networking

Experience with persistent storage solutions (Ceph, GlusterFS, SAN/NAS)
Networking fundamentals: VLANs, routing, DNS, load balancing

Monitoring & Reliability

Monitoring & logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
Experience ensuring high availability and system reliability

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with container runtimes and networking (CRI-O, Containerd, CNI plugins)
Knowledge of disaster recovery and backup strategies
Exposure to security hardening and compliance practices
Scripting skills (Bash, Python)

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