Remote Senior Infra Engineer: Kubernetes & Automation

d-Matrix; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

d-Matrix in the United States is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to own the first response for issues across our Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD runners, VMs, and demo environments. You will diagnose, fix, and coordinate with IT or product groups when needed, turning recurring problems into automation and runbooks.

You will help improve monitoring, alerting, and runbooks while participating in on-call coverage and contributing to design and build work as the team grows.

Qualifications

• 2+ years operating production Linux systems with Kubernetes troubleshooting.
• Methodical debugging: form hypotheses, narrow quickly across layers.
• Scripting in Python and/or Bash.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitLab preferred).
• Networking fundamentals including DNS, routing, load balancing, TLS.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools.
• Clear communication under pressure; able to provide concise incident updates.
• Drive to learn unfamiliar systems and state-of-the-art inference tech.

Responsibilities

• Own first response and resolution for issues across Kubernetes clusters, GitLab CI runners, VMs, standalone systems, and demo environments.
• Triage with IT and product software groups when root cause sits on their side.
• Convert recurring issues into automation, alerts, and runbooks to reduce incidents.
• Improve monitoring and alerting to speed problem detection and reduce false alarms.
• Perform routine operations: upgrades, patching, cert renewals, capacity checks.
• Ship automation and improvements beyond individual fixes.
• Participate in on-call coverage for the environment.
• Contribute to design and build work as scope grows.

Skills

Linux systems

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

GitLab CI/CD

Networking basics

Monitoring tools

Incident communication

Education

CKA or CKAD certification

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

DataDog

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

d-Matrix in the United States is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to own the first response for issues across our Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD runners, VMs, and demo environments. You will diagnose, fix, and coordinate with IT or product groups when needed, turning recurring problems into automation and runbooks.

You will help improve monitoring, alerting, and runbooks while participating in on-call coverage and contributing to design and build work as the team grows.