Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Netwrix Corporation

full-time

Posted on: 1/17/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

Design, own, and evolve the on-prem Kubernetes architecture used to deploy the Netwrix platform.
Define best practices for cluster layout, networking, storage, security, and lifecycle management.
Support self-managed Kubernetes environments across a wide range of customer infrastructure setups.
Diagnose and resolve complex platform-level issues spanning Kubernetes, networking, storage, and application layers.
Own the design and implementation of the product installer and deployment tooling (e.g. Helm charts, custom installers, scripts).
Define packaging and dependency management strategies for on-prem environments.
Design and maintain reliable upgrade, rollback, and migration workflows with minimal customer downtime.
Improve installation validation, pre-flight checks, and post-install verification to reduce support burden.
Establish standards for logging, monitoring, diagnostics, and supportability in customer-managed environments.
Partner with Support and Customer Success to improve troubleshooting workflows and reduce deployment-related incidents.
Ensure on-prem installations are secure, observable, and operationally mature.
Act as the technical authority for on-prem infrastructure and deployment concerns.
Review and influence architectural decisions that impact platform operability and reliability.
Mentor engineers on Kubernetes, infrastructure design, and operational best practices.
Drive improvements in documentation, runbooks, and operational readiness across the organization.

8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering.
Deep, hands-on experience with Kubernetes, particularly in on-prem or self-managed environments.
Strong understanding of Linux systems, containers, and runtime environments.
Experience building and maintaining installers and deployment tooling (e.g. Helm, shell scripts, custom packaging).
Proven experience designing upgrade and migration paths for enterprise software.
Familiarity with dependency management and versioning in controlled environments.
Experience supporting software deployed into enterprise customer environments.
Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, networking, and application layers.
Ability to balance engineering design with real-world operational constraints.
Preferred: Experience with air-gapped or restricted environments.
Knowledge of Kubernetes storage (CSI drivers), networking (CNI, ingress), and security hardening.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Helm, Terraform, etc.).
Experience supporting compliance-driven or regulated customer environments.

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesLinux systemscontainersdeployment toolingHelmshell scriptsdependency managementversioningtroubleshootingInfrastructure as Code

Soft Skills

mentoringtroubleshootingdesign balancedocumentation improvementoperational readiness