Kubernetes Platform System Administrator (Support)

at  Luxoft

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This role will join our Platform As A Service team as a system administrator. The PaaS team is responsible for building, supporting, and maintaining our on-premises Kubernetes platform. This role involves a mix of incident support, regular maintenance tasks, working directly with application teams to provide support and guidance as they deploy to our platform, and problem-solving issues with deployments in all environments.

SKILLS

Must have
5+ years’ experience with Linux system administration and Linux command line
3+ years’ experience with Kubernetes container orchestration software (kubectl, etc)
Experience supporting production services including incident response and troubleshooting
Experience with configuration management software (e.g., Ansible)
Experienced in source code management and implementing of a branching strategy (GitHub)
Knowledge of configuring monitoring solutions and the creation of dashboards (Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana)
Nice to have

Provide support for our Kubernetes platform in all environments, ensuring continuous service and stability of the platform for our users.
Incident response during on-shift hours within documented SLA for production and non-production environments.
Common support needs include:
Troubleshooting deployments
Validating Kubernetes platform health after other teams’ changes
Bouncing pods
Scaling deployments
Synchronizing passwords
Running other kubctl commands, scripts, or playbooks
Perform regular maintenance tasks as requested such as running scripts, host OS patching, Kubernetes upgrades, etc.
Provide excellent service to our users by responding to their requests correctly within our defined SLA.
Develop automation to improve the work of the team and our users’ experiences of our platforms.