Rancher & Kubernetes SME - Princeton - NJ

[Rohit pal]

Hi Vendors

 

Job Title:  Rancher & Kubernetes SME

Location: Princeton - NJ - 08540

Mode : Contract (6+ Months) – Onsite

 

 

Qualifications:

•            Design and implement Rancher-managed Kubernetes clusters (RKE, RKE2, K3s, EKS, AKS, GKE).

•            Architect high availability (HA) Rancher setups.

•            Define multi-cluster and multi-tenant strategies using Rancher projects, namespaces, and RBAC.

•            Integrate Kubernetes with VMware, Bare Metal, and Cloud platforms.

•            Establish standardized cluster blueprints and reference architectures.

•            Act as final escalation (L3) for Kubernetes and Rancher incidents.

•            Diagnose and resolve Control plane failures

o            etcd performance and corruption issues

o            Pod scheduling and node pressure issues

o            CNI (Calico / Cilium) networking problems

o            CSI storage failures (Ceph, Longhorn, EBS, Azure Disk, NFS)

•            Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and provide preventive recommendations.

•            Install, upgrade, and maintain Rancher Server.

•            Manage cluster lifecycles using Rancher UI & APIs.

•            Implement and manage Rancher RBAC, Authentication (AD / LDAP / Azure AD / SSO)

•            Global & cluster-level policies

•            Maintain Rancher backups, DR, and recovery procedures

•            Enforce Kubernetes security best practices like Pod Security Standards (PSS)

•            Network policies and Secrets management

•            integrate Kubernetes with CI/CD tools e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD

•            Enable GitOps workflows for application and cluster configuration.

•            Support Helm chart development and lifecycle management.

•            Assist development teams with Deployment strategies, Resource optimization

•            Troubleshooting application issues on Kubernetes

 

Experience:

•            6–10+ years in Linux / Infrastructure / Cloud

•            3–5+ years hands-on Kubernetes production experience

•            Strong expertise in Rancher (RKE / RKE2 / K3s)

•            Deep understanding of:

o            Kubernetes control plane

o            etcd

o            Networking (CNI)

o            Storage (CSI)