Kubernetes Platform Engineer for GPU AI/ML Clusters (UAE)

Oivan Digital (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Oivan Digital (Thailand) Co., Ltd. seeks an experienced Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to build, operate and troubleshoot enterprise Kubernetes platforms in the UAE. You will manage GPU-enabled clusters for AI/ML workloads, leveraging RKE2, Rancher Manager, NVIDIA GPU Operator and Istio.

Strong automation and CI/CD/Kubernetes expertise are required. The role involves installing, configuring production clusters, enabling GitOps with Fleet/Argo CD, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT experience, 3+ years in production Kubernetes
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause skills
• Experience with Rancher Manager setup and day-2 operations
• Experience deploying NVIDIA GPU Operator on RKE2
• Expertise with CI/CD and GitOps workflows
• Experience with Istio service mesh
• Automation with Terraform and Ansible

Responsibilities

• Install, configure and operate production Kubernetes clusters (RKE2) across environments
• Set up SUSE Rancher Manager in high availability, including backups and RBAC
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
• Troubleshoot platform issues end-to-end and perform root-cause analysis
• Deploy and operate NVIDIA GPU Operator for AI/ML workloads
• Configure GPU sharing and scheduling for AI/ML workloads
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform delivery
• Implement GitOps with Rancher Fleet, Argo CD or Flux
• Package workloads with Helm and Kustomize
• Deploy and operate Istio for traffic management and security
• Operate SuSE Virtualization (Harvester) for VM workloads
• Implement monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and Rancher Monitoring
• Harden clusters with CIS benchmarks and security policies
• Plan upgrades with minimal downtime
• Create runbooks and platform docs
• Train customers and internal teams
• Work on-site with customers

Skills

Kubernetes

Troubleshooting

GitOps

CI/CD

Istio

Bash scripting

Python

Go

RKE2

SUSE Rancher

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Argo CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

RKE2

Rancher Manager

SUSE Virtualization (Harvester)

NVIDIA GPU Operator

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Flux

Helm

Kustomize

Istio

Job description

Oivan Digital (Thailand) Co., Ltd. seeks an experienced Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to build, operate and troubleshoot enterprise Kubernetes platforms in the UAE. You will manage GPU-enabled clusters for AI/ML workloads, leveraging RKE2, Rancher Manager, NVIDIA GPU Operator and Istio.

Strong automation and CI/CD/Kubernetes expertise are required. The role involves installing, configuring production clusters, enabling GitOps with Fleet/Argo CD, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines across