Principal Kubernetes Engineer
Ciq · Remote
About this role
**CIQ OVERVIEW** CIQ builds the enterprise infrastructure that powers the world’s most demanding workloads—from the operating system layer through AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, and cloud-native orchestration. CIQ delivers the speed, security, scalability, and sovereignty that major enterprises, government agencies, and research institutions depend on. CIQ is the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux and the developer of the RLC Pro family of Enterprise Linux distributions, Fuzzball workload orchestration, Warewulf Pro cluster provisioning, and Ascender Pro automation. Customers span HPC, AI/ML, defense, and regulated industries. --- **POSITION SUMMARY (Principal Kubernetes Engineer)** As a Principal Kubernetes Engineer, you’ll design, develop, and support enterprise Kubernetes solutions by contributing to CIQ’s products and infrastructure. You’ll also maintain system capacity and performance, troubleshoot applications and processes, and analyze current code and industry developments to design engineering solutions that create seamless user experiences. **Key responsibilities include:** - Lead and participate in architecture-level discussions, planning, and implementation - Research to ensure the team is always taking the best path forward - Document projects to share knowledge and facilitate integration for users - Drive proof of concepts and minimum viable products for demonstrations - Support multiple services before launch (system design consulting, platform/framework development, capacity planning, and launch reviews) - Improve products by collaborating with Engineering, Product, Sales, and open-source communities (as needed) - Design and guide solutions when requirements are ambiguous --- **NEEDED TO SUCCEED** - Understanding of Linux and cloud infrastructure - Deep, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and the cloud-native ecosystem (operators/custom controllers, CRDs, Helm, API machinery), plus strong Go, Pulumi, and related engineering tools - Demonstrated mastery of Linux and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) - Ability to pivot to new challenges in a fast-paced startup environment - Ability to derive solutions from high-level or incomplete requirements - Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote team environment - Friendly, collaborative, humble, honest, and always striving-to-be-better attitude - Flexibility to support an on-call rotation --- **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or similar) - 10+ years of software and infrastructure engineering experience, including deep expertise designing, building, and operating production Kubernetes and Go services at scale - Demonstrated mastery of Linux and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) - Experience building Kubernetes operators, custom controllers, or a Kubernetes distribution is a plus --- **BENEFITS** - Medical, dental, and vision insurance - Flexible paid time off - Employee stock options - Remote work; no travel required for most positions
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