Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Kubernetes & KubeVirt (REF1242M)

Mirantis•Austin, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mirantis Inc. seeks a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Kubernetes & KubeVirt at its Austin, Texas facility. Telecommuting is permitted. The engineer will architect and deliver enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms across hybrid AWS and Azure environments to support mission-critical workloads, including containerized and virtualized workloads managed with KubeVirt. The role includes building and operating production observability platforms; establishing DevSecOps standards and cloud governance; automating infrastructure provisioning; and implementing GitOps deployment workflows. The engineer will lead cloud modernization initiatives, define security policies and compliance frameworks, mentor colleagues, conduct technical design reviews, and collaborate with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams. The position also focuses on Kubernetes networking for bare-metal and hybrid clusters, including Multus CNI and MetalLB. The engineer will troubleshoot advanced networking issues and integrate network configurations with KubeVirt workloads requiring multiple network attachments. Responsibilities include developing reusable reference architectures and automation frameworks for repeatable Kubernetes deployments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
Five years of post-baccalaureate progressive experience in the job offered, Software Engineer, Software Developer, Systems Engineer, or a related occupation.
Academic training or work experience designing and operating production-level Kubernetes clusters for enterprise workloads.
Academic training or work experience with AWS or Azure production infrastructure, including hybrid or multi-cloud architecture design.
Academic training or work experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Argo CD and JFrog Artifactory for automated application and infrastructure deployments.
Academic training or work experience using Terraform or Ansible for large-scale Infrastructure as Code automation.
Academic training or work experience in Linux system administration in production environments.
Academic training or work experience with DevSecOps practices, including Harbor registry security, access management, and compliance alignment.
Academic training or work experience with monitoring and observability platforms for production systems.

Responsibilities

Architect and deliver enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms across hybrid AWS and Azure environments.
Design, implement, and operate Kubernetes infrastructure for containerized and virtualized workloads using KubeVirt.
Build and maintain production observability platforms to improve mean time to resolution and system reliability.
Establish and enforce DevSecOps standards, including Harbor registry security, image scanning, container security controls, access management, RBAC enforcement, and compliance baselines.
Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code.
Implement and operate Argo CD-based GitOps deployment workflows for reproducible and auditable releases.
Lead cloud modernization initiatives, including migrating legacy platforms to cloud-native architectures.
Define and maintain cloud governance, security policies, and compliance frameworks.
Provide technical leadership through mentoring, technical design reviews, and collaboration with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
Implement and support multi-network pod configurations using Multus CNI.
Implement and manage GitOps-based CI/CD pipelines using Argo CD and Helm.
Develop and maintain reusable reference architectures and automation frameworks for repeatable Kubernetes deployments.
Design and operate Kubernetes networking for bare-metal and hybrid clusters, including MetalLB-based load balancing.
Troubleshoot Kubernetes networking issues involving CNI plugins, secondary interfaces, IPAM, and traffic routing.
Integrate networking configurations with KubeVirt workloads requiring multiple network attachments.