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ExecutivePlacements.com · 12 hours ago

Platform Administrator - Kubernetes (Remote)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$86K/yr - $135K/yr

4+ years exp

ExecutivePlacements.com is seeking a Platform Administrator (Kubernetes) to join the Containerization, Cloud, and Confidential Computing (C4) team at Argonne National Lab. The role involves managing on-premise Kubernetes clusters and collaborating with users to deploy applications, while also developing infrastructure for scientific workflows.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Participate in the day-to-day administration of a family of on-premise Kubernetes clusters, and the services provisioned on those clusters to support scientific workflows in a production environment

Design and implement administration workflows to handle cluster upgrades and maintenance, user application deployment and incident response

Work with operations and applications teams at ALCF to integrate this infrastructure into the facility ecosystem

Qualification

KubernetesLinux containerizationGitOps methodologiesCluster securityLinux system administrationSoftware engineering protocolsCollaboration with technical teamsRelevant Certifications

Required

To perform the essential functions of this position, successful applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract

PT3: Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience, or Master's and 2+ years of experience, or equivalent

Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork

Experience with Linux containerization technologies and fundamentals: Linux Namespaces/cGroups, OCI Image formats and construction, Contemporary container runtimes (Docker, Podman, Apptainer, etc.)

Experience in deploying and administering on-premise Kubernetes clusters (e.g. using vanilla Kubernetes, K3s, Talos Linux, Rancher). In particular, experience with Kubernetes networking -- CNI configuration, network policies, ingress and egress routing and integration with external load balancers

Experience with GitOps methodologies and declarative infrastructure-as-code technologies, including ArgoCD, kustomize, helm, secrets-management, CI/CD

Familiarity with cluster security technologies, including network traffic policy, RBAC, admission policies

Understanding of software engineering/release management protocols, including planned infrastructure maintenance management, upgrade management

Experience working with other technical teams to achieve common goals, e.g. networking teams for integration into organizational network environments, security teams for compliance, etc