Sr. Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Silicon Labs • Austin, TX

2d • $124,600 - $231,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

Silicon Labs in Austin, Texas is seeking a motivated Sr. Kubernetes Platform Engineer to help define, build, operate, and lifecycle-manage the infrastructure, tools, and platforms required for our organization to operate at scale. This role spans both on-premises and cloud environments, with responsibilities across Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, identity, observability, cost management, and developer enablement. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience owning CNCF and open-source infrastructure in production, including upgrades, troubleshooting, automation, and long-term maintainability. This is an engineering ownership role, not a support-escalation role; success requires the ability to understand, operate, and improve the platforms we depend on while collaborating closely with software and IT teams and supporting AI/ML initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or equivalent training.
• 5+ years in software development, DevOps, Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Platforms engineering, or a related field.
• Hybrid Infrastructure Lifecycle: Experience managing infrastructure lifecycle across on-premises data centers and public cloud, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, decommissioning, and operational automation.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc.; AWS certifications are a plus.
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Salt, Chef, or similar infrastructure automation tools.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in at least one language, preferably Go, Python, Groovy, or Java.
• System Administration: Proficiency in Linux, Windows, and macOS system administration; Talos Linux experience is a plus.
• Scripting: Nix shell and PowerShell scripting experience.
• Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Platforms: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and ecosystem technologies such as Talos Linux, Cilium, Gateway API, CSI, KubeVirt, Kyverno, Helm, and Kustomize.
• CI/CD, GitOps, and Artifact Management: Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, Artifactory, and GitOps-based deployment workflows.
• Secrets, Identity, and Access Management: Experience with Vault, External Secrets Operator, OIDC, Keycloak, Okta, workload identity, and secrets lifecycle management.
• Observability: Experience operating observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry.
• Cloud Cost Management: Experience with cloud and Kubernetes cost visibility, optimization, and tools such as OpenCost.
• Open Source Operations: Demonstrated ability to operate, troubleshoot, upgrade, and maintain open-source infrastructure platforms in production.
• Network Administration: Firewalls, ACLs, and core networking concepts including switching, routing, DNS, ingress, and troubleshooting.
• AI/ML Experience: Familiarity with AI and ML frameworks and tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
• Certifications: CNCF Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS are a plus.

Nice To Haves

• AWS certifications are a plus.
• Talos Linux experience is a plus.
• CNCF Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Building productive relationships and generously sharing expertise via presentations and training sessions.
• Documentation: Creating and maintaining effective documentation and written communications.
• Automation: Enhancing team productivity by identifying opportunities to automate and eliminate waste in new and existing processes.
• Infrastructure Lifecycle Management: Designing, building, operating, upgrading, and retiring infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, with attention to reliability, security, cost, maintainability, and developer productivity.
• Kubernetes Platform Ownership: Operating and evolving Kubernetes-based platforms and supporting technologies, including cluster lifecycle, networking, ingress, storage, policy, virtualization, secrets, identity, observability, and cost visibility.
• CNCF and Open-Source Stewardship: Owning and maintaining CNCF and open-source platforms in production, including troubleshooting, upgrades, automation, documentation, and internal enablement. Candidates should be comfortable operating systems where internal expertise is required rather than relying primarily on vendor support.
• Developer Experience: Improving software developer experience and productivity by reducing friction and automating testing and deployments.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Designing, developing, and maintaining CI/CD and GitOps pipelines for software and infrastructure.
• Security, Identity, and Policy Automation: Supporting secure platform operations through policy enforcement, secrets management, workload identity, OIDC integrations, and automated governance.
• Observability: Building and operating observability platforms for metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerting, and service health using modern cloud-native tooling.
• AI/ML Integration: Working with software teams to support development and implementation of AI/ML infrastructure and services.
• Cost Efficiency: Reducing waste and cutting costs in cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure.

Benefits

• Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental and vision plans
• Highly competitive salary
• 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
• Equity rewards (RSUs)
• Life/AD&D and disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Adoption assistance
• Back-Up childcare
• Commuter benefits
• Legal benefits
• Pet insurance
• Flexible PTO schedule
• 3 paid volunteer days per year
• Charitable contribution match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free downtown parking
• Onsite gym
• Monthly wellness offerings
• Free snacks
• Monthly company updates with our CEO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior