Position: Rancher & Kubernetes SME Job at Inherent Technologies, Princeton, NJ

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  • Inherent Technologies
  • Princeton, NJ

Job Description

Position: Rancher & Kubernetes SME

Location: Princeton - NJ***Day 1 Onsite***

Duration: 1 Years

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
    • etcd performance and corruption issues
    • Pod scheduling and node pressure issues
    • CNI (Calico / Cilium) networking problems
    • 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:
    • Kubernetes control plane
    • etcd
    • Networking (CNI)
    • Storage (CSI)

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