What We Need
Oivan is looking for an experienced Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our team in theUAE. You will build, operate and troubleshoot enterprise Kubernetes platformsincluding GPU-enabled clusters for AI/ML workloads. This role requires strong expertise in:
- Hands-on Kubernetes operations, with strong troubleshooting and root-cause investigationskills
- SUSE Rancher Manager setup, operations and multi-cluster management
- NVIDIA GPU Operator deployment and operations on top of RKE2
- Automation through CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based delivery
- Istio service mesh
Hands-on experience with RKE2, Rancher and SUSE Virtualization is a very strong plus. Candidateswithout it must at least understand what these products are and their core concepts.
What You'll Do
Key Responsibilities
We offer you the unique opportunity to apply and develop your skills with a diverse andgeographically distributed technology team. You will play a key role in building and runningKubernetes platforms that host mission-critical and GPU-accelerated workloads.
The following are the main duties you will do as part of this job:
- Install, configure and operate production Kubernetes clusters, primarily RKE2,across on-premise, air-gapped and hybrid environments
- Set up and operate SUSE Rancher Manager in high availability: installation, upgrades,backup and restore, authentication and RBAC, and provisioning or importing downstreamclusters
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code(Terraform and Ansible)
- Troubleshoot and investigate platform issues end to end (nodes, pods, CNI networking,DNS, ingress, storage, certificates, etcd and the control plane) and drive root-causeanalysis to closure
- Set up and operate SUSE Rancher Manager in high availability: installation, upgrades,backup and restore, authentication and RBAC, and provisioning or importing downstreamclusters
- Deploy and operate the NVIDIA GPU Operator on RKE2, including driver and containertoolkit configuration for RKE2's embedded containerd, the device plugin, GPU FeatureDiscovery and DCGM monitoring
- Configure GPU sharing (MIG and time-slicing) and support the scheduling and operation ofAI/ML workloads on GPU nodes
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) for applicationand platform delivery
- Implement GitOps with Rancher Fleet, Argo CD or Flux, keeping Git as the single source oftruth for cluster configuration and deployments
- Package and manage workloads with Helm and Kustomize
- Deploy and operate Istio: traffic management, ingress and egress gateways, mTLS andauthorization policies, and mesh troubleshooting
- Operate SUSE Virtualization (Harvester) to run VM workloads alongside containers and tohost RKE2 guest clusters
- Implement monitoring, logging and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana and RancherMonitoring and Logging
- Harden clusters using CIS benchmarks (including the RKE2 CIS profile), Pod SecurityAdmission, network policies and secrets management
- Plan and execute Kubernetes, RKE2 and Rancher upgrades with minimal downtime
- Design and test backup and disaster recovery, including etcd snapshots, Rancher backupsand workload backup (e.g., Velero)
- Create and maintain runbooks, playbooks and platform documentation
- Conduct knowledge transfer and training sessions for customer and internal teams
- Work closely with customer stakeholders in on-site engagements
What You Have
Qualifications & Skills
Our ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in IT, with3+ years administering Kubernetes inproduction
- Strong Kubernetes troubleshooting and investigation skills:
- Systematic debugging with kubectl, events, logs, crictl and node-level tools
- Diagnosing networking, DNS, storage, scheduling, certificate and control-planeissues
- Root-cause analysis and clear incident write-ups
- Hands-on experience with Rancher Manager setup and day-2 operations
- Experience deploying and operating the NVIDIA GPU Operator, ideally on RKE2
- Automation with CI/CD and GitOps:
- GitLab CI, Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Fleet, Argo CD or Flux
- Helm and Kustomize
- Hands-on experience with Istio service mesh
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and Ansible
- Strong Linux administration (SLES / SLE Micro, RHEL or Ubuntu) and networkingfundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, TLS)
- Monitoring and observability: Prometheus, Grafana and centralized logging
- Strong Bash scripting; Python or Go is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a relatedfield
- Strong experience working in on-premise enterprise environments, including air-gappedsetups
- Ability to work independently in customer-facing roles
- English (advanced); Arabic language skills are a strong advantage
Very strong plus: RKE2, Rancher and SUSE Virtualization
Hands-on production experience with these products will strongly differentiate a candidate.Candidates without it must, at a minimum, be able to explain:
- RKE2:SUSE's security-focused, CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution; server and agentnodes, embedded containerd, etcd, configuration through config.yaml, CIS-hardeneddefaults and air-gapped installation
- Rancher:multi-cluster management; the Rancher Manager (local) cluster versusdownstream clusters, cluster agents, projects and RBAC, Fleet and the app catalog
- SUSE Virtualization (Harvester):hyperconverged infrastructure built on Kubernetes, usingKubeVirt for virtual machines and Longhorn for storage, managed from Rancher
Desirable
- SUSE Security (NeuVector) and SUSE Storage (Longhorn)
- CNI expertise: Canal, Calico or Cilium
- Secrets management: HashiCorp Vault, Sealed Secrets or External Secrets Operator
- Private registries and air-gapped image management (e.g., Harbor)
- AI/ML platform tooling (e.g., Kubeflow, KServe, Ray)
- Other Kubernetes platforms: Red Hat OpenShift, EKS, AKS or GKE
Preferred Certifications
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- SUSE Rancher certification (Administrator or Deployment Specialist)
- Istio Certified Associate (ICA)
- NVIDIA-Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure and Operations
Role: Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Experience: 5+ years (3+ years hands-on Kubernetes)
Location: Onsite / UAE
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