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# Kubernetes Engineer

- **Company:** Thomas Talent Network, LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $270,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Debugging, Log Files, Open Source Technology, Virtual Machines, Istio, Kubernetes
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usb5a513dd34f1a0e3c94cb46a19563f70

## About the Role

* 5 - 8 years working with Kubernetes and writing production-grade software

 * Has managed Kubernetes cluster upgrades

 * Comfortable debugging at the node level: shelling into VMs and digging through log files

 * Comfortable reading open-source repositories to debug third-party dependencies

 * Genuinely excited about Kubernetes, not just experienced with it

 * Excited about collaborating with others and providing feedback on anything that touches users' clusters

 * End-to-end ownership mindset; has owned the full development lifecycle of code in production

 * Genuine interest in dev tooling

 * Based in or willing to relocate to New York, fully in-person 5 days a week

 * H-1B transfer OK · OPT OK · O-1 considered

Requirements - Nice to Have

 * Experience with Go

 * Experience with GitOps

 * Has worked on open-source projects in the Kubernetes ecosystem, Strong expertise in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, and troubleshooting at scale Hands-on experience with Service Mesh (preferably Istio/Spider Mesh) Prior experience in Cli…
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## Description

* Write production-grade software that programmatically engages with Kubernetes

 * Manage Kubernetes cluster upgrades end-to-end

 * Debug at the node level: shell into virtual machines, dig through log files, and find root causes

 * Read through open-source repositories to debug third-party dependencies

 * Collaborate with the team on anything that touches users' Kubernetes clusters and provide meaningful feedback

 * Work in two-week project cycles with full autonomy to propose and drive your own work

 * Talk to customers directly via Slack and bring product intuition to infrastructure decisions


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