HRSI is looking for Kubernetes & Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer for one of its leading client in Pakistan.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate enterprise Rancher Kubernetes (RKE2) clusters (HA, multi‑node, production‑grade).
• Lead infrastructure architecture across compute, storage, networking, and security for Kubernetes platforms.
• Implement and operate Day‑2 operations: monitoring, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and incident management.
• Design and integrate enterprise backup & DR solutions aligned with RPO/RTO requirements.
• Integrate Kubernetes platforms with VDI environments and enterprise identity/access controls.
• Define and enforce security controls, compliance baselines, and hardening standards.
• Collaborate with SLB central platform, application, and operations teams.

Mandatory Technical Skills (Must‑Have)

Kubernetes & Platform

• Rancher (Rancher Manager, RKE2 preferred)
• Kubernetes production operations (HA control plane, etcd, ingress, networking)
• Helm charts, GitOps (ArgoCD / Flux preferred)
• Day‑2 operations, upgrades, lifecycle management

Infrastructure & OS

• On‑prem infrastructure (x86 servers, VMware / bare metal)
• Linux (RHEL / Rocky / Ubuntu)
• Networking: VLANs, load balancers, firewalls, DNS

Storage

• Kubernetes storage concepts (PV, PVC, CSI)
• Object storage (MinIO – strongly preferred)
• Block & file storage (SAN/NAS, Ceph, vendor arrays)
• Storage sizing, performance, and resilience design

Backup & DR

• Kubernetes‑aware backup tools (Velero, vendor backup solutions)
• Snapshot policies, off‑cluster backups, restore validation
• DR architecture aligned to defined RPO / RTO

Security

• Kubernetes security hardening (RBAC, Pod Security, network policies)
• Secrets management
• CIS benchmarks / CNCF‑conformant Kubernetes
• Integration with enterprise IAM / AD

VDI & Enterprise Integration

• Experience integrating platforms with VDI environments
• Strong understanding of enterprise access models and user segmentation

Desirable / Value‑Add Skills

• Experience in oil & gas / regulated industries
• Exposure to NOC‑level environments (ADNOC, PDO, Aramco, etc.) preferred
• Hybrid cloud awareness (Azure / AWS integration)
• Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• SRE practices and operating models

Experience Requirements

• 5–7+ years in infrastructure / platform engineering
• 3+ years operating production Kubernetes environments
• Proven experience supporting 24x7 operations and high‑availability platforms
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi‑vendor, matrixed enterprise teams

Engagement Model (for Subcontracting)

• Subcontractor / consultant model
• Expected team size: 2–3 senior resources
• Strong preference for hands‑on engineers, not advisory‑only profiles
• Able to work within SLB Central Services and Engineering organization