Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Rancher / NeuVector)

SANDBOX CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SANDBOX CONSULTING PTE. LTD. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our infrastructure and platform engineering team in Singapore.

You will design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms with Rancher, ensuring secure workloads and scalable operations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will automate platform provisioning with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines; collaborate with security and networking teams; and build observability dashboards.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Strong Kubernetes architecture and operations (K8s v1.20+).
• Production-grade Kubernetes clusters with Rancher experience.
• Solid container security practices with NeuVector.
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, Ansible) and CI/CD (GitLabCI/Jenkins/ArgoCD).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters using Rancher in prod and non-prod environments.
• Integrate NeuVector for container security (runtime scanning, policy enforcement, vulnerability management).
• Implement platform automation using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to define and enforce policies across containerized platforms.
• Build and maintain observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) and dashboards.
• Work with development and DevOps teams to provide reliable platform capabilities.
• Participate in incident response, RCA, and performance tuning activities.
• Optionally contribute to HCI platform operations and VM orchestration if using Harvester.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

SRE/DevOps experience

Platform engineering

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Rancher

NeuVector

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

GitLab CI

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Fluentd

ELK

Loki

Harvester

Job description

Aboutthe Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join ourinfrastructure and platform engineering team. The ideal candidate will havedeep expertise in building and managing Kubernetes platforms using Rancher , securing containerizedworkloads with NeuVector , and working acrosshybrid or multi-cloud environments. Experience with Harvester or hyperconverged infrastructure platformsis a strong plus.This role is central to designing, deploying, and maintaining our modern infrastructure stack and enabling secure, scalable environments forapplication teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy,and manage Kubernetes clusters using Rancher in production and non-production environments.
• Integrate and manage NeuVector forcontainer security (runtimescanning, policy enforcement, vulnerability management,etc.).
• Implement platformautomation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible,Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to define and enforcepolicies across containerized platforms.
• Build and maintain observability (monitoring, logging, alerting)and operational dashboards.
• Work closelywith development and DevOps teams to providereliable platform capabilities.
• Participate in incident response, RCA, and performance tuning activities.
• Optionally contribute to HCI platformoperations and VM orchestration if using Harvester .

Required Skills and Experience

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or PlatformEngineering roles.
• Strong hands-onexperience with Kubernetes architecture and operations (preferably K8s v1.20+).
• Experience managingproduction-grade Kubernetes clusterswith Rancher .
• Solid understanding of container securitybest practices and operational experience with NeuVector.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (e.g.,Terraform, Helm, Ansible).
• Experience with CI/CD toolssuch as GitLabCI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Good knowledgeof Linux systems,networking, and shell scripting.
• Understanding of monitoring/logging toolssuch as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, ELK, or Loki.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Harvester or other HCI platforms for VM management on bare metal.
• Familiarity with air-gapped or edge deployments.
• Exposure to hybrid/multi-cloud platformdeployments.
• Certifications in Kubernetes (CKA/CKS), Rancher, or relatedtechnologies