Site Reliability Engineer - Hypervisor & Kubernetes Platform

Optimum; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 84,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer I to support and maintain virtualization and container platforms that power critical business apps. You will work with VMware, Nutanix, and Kubernetes across multiple data centers, building expertise in virtualization, automation, and platform engineering within a large enterprise.

Ideal candidates have foundational infrastructure experience and a drive to grow in virtualization, Kubernetes, automation, and CI/CD workflows in a fast-paced telecom

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Exposure to VMware, Nutanix, or Kubernetes platforms through professional, academic, lab, or home environments.
• Familiarity with Talos Linux, OpenShift, Rancher, Tanzu, or other Kubernetes distributions.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in incident response and production support activities.
• Assist in RCA and service restoration efforts.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks and support documentation.
• Contribute to monitoring improvements and service reliability initiatives.

Skills

Virtualization

Kubernetes

Automation

Scripting

Platform engineering

Incident response

Education

No explicit degree requirement

Tools

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

Nutanix AHV

Kubernetes platforms (OpenShift, Rancher, Tanzu)

Talos Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Job description

Optimum is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer I to support and maintain virtualization and container platforms that power critical business apps. You will work with VMware, Nutanix, and Kubernetes across multiple data centers, building expertise in virtualization, automation, and platform engineering within a large enterprise.

Ideal candidates have foundational infrastructure experience and a drive to grow in virtualization, Kubernetes, automation, and CI/CD workflows in a fast-paced telecom