
K3S Engineer
Minor Hotels Europe and Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Bellevue • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $108,000 - $155,000 per year
About the role
- Deploy and configure K3s clusters across heterogeneous hardware (bare metal, ARM/x86 nodes, and accelerators).
- Integrate Kubernetes with Linux-based infrastructure bootstrapped via PXE, OTA, and other provisioning methods.
- Develop and maintain custom Kubernetes controllers, CRDs, and operators to extend platform capabilities.
- Automate cluster provisioning, node registration, and upgrade workflows.
- Monitor platform health using Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes Events.
- Enforce network policies, RBAC, secrets management, and container security best practices.
- Optimize Kubernetes performance on constrained hardware and air-gapped systems.
- Troubleshoot container runtimes, DNS resolution, and overlay networking (e.g., Calico, Flannel).
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience managing Kubernetes platform components and lifecycle operations
- Understanding of multi-node hybrid clusters across x86, ARM, and accelerators
- Proficiency with Helm charts and Argo CD for application and platform deployment
- Strong skills in Go, Bash scripting, YAML/JSON configuration, and REST API development
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes CNI plugins and network policy management.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
- Company paid holidays
- Personal Days
- Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
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Hard skills
KubernetesK3sGoBash scriptingYAMLJSONREST APIHelmArgo CDKubernetes CNI plugins