Senior Kubernetes & Infra Architect for DevOps

Sapsf; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapsf in the United States is seeking a Technical Architect with 10+ years in infrastructure engineering, Kubernetes administration and architecture to lead enterprise-scale deployments. You will design and operate Kubernetes clusters, Ceph storage, networking, and security, while building automation with Ansible, Terraform and code-driven workflows.

This role requires hands-on expertise, strong collaboration with vendors and customers, and mentoring of junior engineers to ensure reliable,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in infrastructure engineering with hands-on Kubernetes and DevOps.
• Experience with architecture, clustering and scalable cloud-native platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting across Linux, networks and storage.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and troubleshoot Rancher-managed Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage cluster lifecycle: HA control plane, worker provisioning, upgrades.
• Administer Linux systems, networks, storage; perform capacity planning.
• Design and operate Ceph storage integrated with Kubernetes.
• Configure Kubernetes networking, ingress, DNS, certificates and storage.
• Automate provisioning and deployment using Ansible and Terraform.
• Develop Python and Bash automation for installation and health checks.
• Diagnose Linux drivers, kernel modules and OS issues.
• Evaluate enterprise servers, BIOS, firmware and health.
• Deploy GPU-accelerated infra with NVIDIA drivers and CUDA.
• Configure high-performance networking (Mellanox, RDMA, InfiniBand).
• Implement observability with Prometheus, Grafana and ELK.
• Establish GitOps, CI/CD, Helm and IaC practices.
• Manage security: RBAC, secrets, hardening and container security.
• Support air-gapped environments and incident resolution.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across stack.
• Coordinate with vendors and teams to deliver validated infra.
• Maintain runbooks, diagrams and recoveries; mentor engineers.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Infrastructure

DevOps

Job description

Sapsf in the United States is seeking a Technical Architect with 10+ years in infrastructure engineering, Kubernetes administration and architecture to lead enterprise-scale deployments. You will design and operate Kubernetes clusters, Ceph storage, networking, and security, while building automation with Ansible, Terraform and code-driven workflows.

This role requires hands-on expertise, strong collaboration with vendors and customers, and mentoring of junior engineers to ensure reliable,