Proven experience of 3+ year of working as a Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure/Platform/DevOps Engineer, Software Engineer or similar roles
Strong passion for providing technical guidance to stakeholders, with excellent communication skills and a customer-focused approach to resolving Kubernetes-related requests, removing blockers, and enabling engineering teams to succeed
Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals
Strong Linux systems knowledge: comfortable at the shell, understanding processes, networking basics, file systems, permissions
Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, ports, IP addressing, basic routing, TLS, PKI concepts
Understanding of Kubernetes internals (control plane, scheduling, networking, storage) and concepts
Familiarity with orchestration or advanced Kubernetes networking (Cilium)
Ability to leverage AI tools and agents such as Claude and OpenAI to efficiently deliver business value
Scripting or programming experience (Python, Bash, Go, or similar)
Working experience running Kubernetes clusters
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) or on-premises infrastructure
Knowledge of Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools
Experience with storage systems (e.g., Ceph/Rook)
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