Senior Kubernetes DevOps Engineer - K0rdent AI Apps/Core Services
mirantis · San Jose, CA, us ·
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Devops
We are looking for a skilled Kubernetes DevOps Engineer to drive end-to-end custom integration across our k0rdent-ai platform. You will collaborate with our engineering teams to design and deliver scalable AI infrastructure on Kubernetes environments.
Your responsibilities will include contributing to open-source projects, making strategic architectural decisions, and partnering with external organizations to integrate cutting-edge solutions. Working within an agile framework, you will directly impact how enterprises deploy and manage AI workloads at scale.
Main Responsibilities
Design, implement, and document Kubernetes hardened integrations that connect with enterprise customer environments
Build comprehensive automation pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and service deployment across hybrid cloud architectures
Provide operational support by diagnosing, triaging, and resolving complex system issues with clear prioritization based on customer business impact
Work with core cloud-native technologies and AI frameworks including k0rdent, k0s, k0smotron, Kubeflow, Kserve, vLLM, Nvidia AI Enterprise, Kubevirt, Harbor, ArgoCD, Grafana monitoring platforms and more
Partner closely with customer development teams to ensure successful application deployment and optimization on Kubernetes infrastructure
Strong Kubernetes expertise as a user and operator
Strong knowledge of hardened, high-quality Kubernetes integration
General experience with Linux, virtualization, networking, and storage
Overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance experience
Experience in debugging, diagnosing, and troubleshooting complex production software
Experience in developing and maintaining services built on microservice architecture
Experience in large enterprise IT ecosystem
Preferably a university/master degree in Mathematics, Electronics, Telecommunications, or Software Engineering
Excellent communication in English - written and spoken
Nice to Have:
OpenStack experience - familiarity with the APIs as a user
Experience handling talks at events and running webinars
Experience in onboarding applications to the cloud
Production operations experience
Experience with design, development, testing, and monitoring of large-scale and data-intensive systems
Experience with operating AI-related workloads
What does Mirantis offer you?
Work with an established global leader in the cloud infrastructure industry.
Work with exceptionally passionate, talented, and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies.
Be a part of cutting-edge, open-source innovation. Have a real impact on the world.
Thrive in the high-energy environment of a young company where openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth are valued.
Competitive compensation package with strong benefits plan and stock options.
What does Mirantis offer you?
We are a Leader for Container Management in G2 (#2 after AWS)!