Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)
$116,800 - $175,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 July 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on building, deploying, managing, automating, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters, specifically utilizing Rancher, RKE2, GKE, EKS, and AKS.
About the role
This role involves the construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high-performance bare-metal on-prem and cloud-based multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. The role specifically focuses on Kubernetes distributions such as RKE2 (on-prem) and GKE, EKS, AKS (cloud).
What you'll do
- Assist with the construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high-performance Kubernetes clusters.
- Monitor performance and availability of all Kubernetes clusters, including high-performance GPU acceleration.
- Develop and deploy platform automation scripts and software.
- Implement self-healing system automation.
- Test, validate, and deploy new Kubernetes versions.
- Migrate Gatekeeper OPA policies to Validating Admission Policy.
What you'll need
- Comfortable using and developing on Linux (especially Ubuntu) as a primary OS.
- 2 years Kubernetes administration experience.
- Advanced proficiency in Kustomize or Helm (preferably both).
- Intermediate knowledge of Kubernetes networking internals (notably Cilium).
- Direct experience deploying and maintaining enterprise Kubernetes clusters.
- Advanced proficiency with Docker ContainerD and Linux container internals.
- Advanced proficiency with git and Github.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes control plane architecture and troubleshooting.
- Intermediate proficiency with Python or Go.
- Intermediate proficiency with bash scripting.
- Comfortable with Agile project management in JIRA.
- 4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree OR 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
Nice to have
- Recent CKAD and CKA certifications; CKS certification is a plus.
- Bare-metal Kubernetes management with Rancher, RKE2, and Cilium.
- Cloud Kubernetes management (GKE, EKS and AKS).
- Datadog log and metrics collection and dashboarding.
- Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper OPA.
- Kubernetes Ingress/Gateway API implementations.
- Deployment and management of Portworx and MetalLB.
- Creating CI/CD workflows using Github Actions.
Skills: Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE2, GKE, EKS, AKS
This role has been open 83 days — well above the 52-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
968
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (968 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 62 | 968 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 705 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 52 d (+2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE2, GKE, EKS, AKS
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 278 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 62 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 20 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 94 d
- Intel Corporation · 43 open roles · median 13 d
- Cerebras · 36 open roles · median 84 d
How we counted: 968 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.