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# Kubernetes Platform Systems Engineer

- **Company:** ITR, INC.
- **Location:** Oak Ridge, TN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Unix, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Github, Python (Programming Language), Nagios, Network Protocols, Prometheus, Scripting, Grafana, Gitlab, Git, Kubernetes, Bare Metal, Puppet, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_6ae6e35412

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience working as an SRE/Systems Administrator/Systems Engineer
 * Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
 * At least five years of relevant technical experience, * 10+ years of experience working as an SRE/Systems Administrator/Systems Engineer
 * Excellent interpersonal/communications skills, and the ability to work as part of a team
 * Experience with Docker or Kubernetes
 * Experiencing using image registries such as Quay or Harbor
 * Understanding of networked computing environment concepts
 * Working knowledge of Unix systems fundamentals and common network protocols
 * Ability to develop and maintain programs and scripts that aid in the operation and automation of tasks using various shell and scripting languages (primarily bash, Python, and Go)
 * Working knowledge of tools such as Prometheus, Nagios, and Grafana to monitor systems, metrics and create dashboards
 * Working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tooling such as Terraform, Helm, and Puppet
 * Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling and GitOps
 * Experience with code review and familiarity with tools like git, GitHub and GitLab

## Description

* Use advanced knowledge and experience to ensure our Kubernetes platform remains reliable, available, and fast
 * Use advanced knowledge and experience to identify problems and provide solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and efficiency of our services
 * Respond to, investigate, and fix service issues all the way from bare metal through the OS to the application code, including technically complex problems spanning a diverse set of areas
 * Work as part of a team to define and implement best practices and standards within the organization
 * Coordinate with vendors to resolve hardware and software problems
 * Participate in an on-call rotation providing 24-hour, 7-day support and off-hours maintenance windows
 * Work with scientific and technical users to help them use Kubernetes


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