Senior Systems Engineer, Kubernetes

Senior Systems Engineer – Kubernetes- Hybrid | Cary, NC

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About the job

The IaaS Platform and Design Engineering team is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer – Kubernetes to join our team and play a role in the design and maintenance of our Cloud and on-prem Kubernetes environments along with our internal OpenStack platform. Our team is dynamic and passionate about the technology that we work on. If you seek to be part of a collaborative team that is fast-paced and challenging, let’s talk.

As a Senior Systems Engineer - Kubernetes, you will:

• Provide Kubernetes platform service design for large-scale deployments and workloads with a focus on AKS.
• Build security into every aspect of your design.
• Assist with automation of AKS services.
• Interface with the “customer” to gather functional level requirements for a solution. Works with customers to define the activities and challenges they face, to ensure the solution created solves their problems. Informs customers of current capabilities, what is possible, and what isn't.
• Assess complex technical problems and take ownership of projects with minimal guidance.
• Help manage our on-prem OpenStack environment and provide guidance for its future.
• Learn every day and expect technology to drive a new status quo.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizen Required. 
• Azure Cloud experience with at least:
• 8+ years of experience in supporting enterprise solutions/services.
• 2+ years EKS Kubernetes administration – deploy and maintain AKS clusters at scale.
• 2+ years of experience in systems support and consulting.
• 3+ years of experience in Linux.
• Integration of AKS with other Azure cloud services such as Azure container registry, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Active Directory, and Azure NetApp Files.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and components
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Github Actions, Helm.
• Experience using source control solutions like GitHub or GitLab.
• Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferences

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert and/or Kubernetes Administrator certifications
• Strong Python or Go programming skills
• Linux administration (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Suse)
• Strong knowledge of OpenStack components and services.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as KVM and VMWare.
• Experience with NetApp ONTAP filesystems, and the NetApp Trident CSI provisioner.
• Familiarity with SAS Viya.
• Familiarity with automation through interaction with remote APIs (REST).
• Experience with LDAP, ADFS, SAML, or other Identity and Access Management Solutions.

World-class benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans. 
• Medical plan options include…
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays. 
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center). 
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge! 
• An industry-leading 401k plan. 
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1. 
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days. 
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees 

Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be citizens of the United States. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

 Job level will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience. Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

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