Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer: Reliability & Scale

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Fort Collins (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer with deep Kubernetes, distributed systems, and highly available infrastructure expertise to evolve and operate the Object Storage platform. You will own complex platform challenges, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating across teams.

This hybrid role requires hands-on leadership, strong observability, and the ability to influence engineering practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, building, and operating production Kubernetes platforms.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture including API server, scheduler, nodes, and services.
• Experience with high-availability and failure-recovery patterns for distributed systems.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex production failures across Kubernetes, networking, and infra.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, and Bash scripting.
• Strong written and verbal communication for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for Kubernetes platform architecture, reliability, and operational behavior.
• Own investigation and resolution of complex issues involving pod failover, service availability, and load balancing.
• Define and drive improvements to Kubernetes high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster-recovery strategies.
• Establish clear technical ownership and operating models for platform capabilities.
• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of platform improvements across multiple teams.
• Develop repeatable approaches for diagnosing failures across layers and improve observability.
• Define and monitor service-level objectives and reliability measures for platform components.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the organization’s Kubernetes expertise.

Skills

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Go

Python

Bash

Observability

Reliability engineering

Incident response

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Argo CD

Flux

Helm

OpenShift

containerd

Kubernetes (upstream)

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer with deep Kubernetes, distributed systems, and highly available infrastructure expertise to evolve and operate the Object Storage platform. You will own complex platform challenges, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating across teams.

This hybrid role requires hands-on leadership, strong observability, and the ability to influence engineering practices across the organization.