Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Storage)

We want people who are passionate about building features that developers and businesses love!

DigitalOcean’s Storage Engineering group is a globally distributed product group that builds and operates the cloud-scale distributed storage systems powering internal and customer-facing services and products. We’re creating flexible and powerful solutions that our customers will leverage to ship their software as quickly, easily, and safely as possible.

The Storage team supports the operations and development of business logic, middleware, edge, and API solutions of our block and object storage products.  We are seeking an engineer who will help lead the development and support of current and future storage platforms at scale.

The selected candidate will have the opportunity to make impactful contributions to key software, innovate processes and tooling, and debug interesting problems at cloudscale. 

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, and maintain a robust, scalable, and secure internal Kubernetes platform that supports the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to understand their requirements and ensure seamless integration of the Kubernetes platform into their workflows.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts, tools, and documentation to streamline deployment and management processes.
• Ensure platform stability and performance by proactively monitoring system metrics, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing resources.
• Implement observability solutions, such as monitoring, logging, and tracing tools, to gain valuable insights into platform performance and application behavior.
• Provide technical guidance and support to development teams, helping them adopt the Kubernetes platform and improve their application deployment and management capabilities.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to Kubernetes, containerization, and observability to drive continuous improvement and innovation within the platform.
• You will be on call at times, and expected to handle unexpected incidents.

What We’ll Expect From You:

• At least 5 years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, SRE, or a similar role.
• Understanding of Kubernetes architecture, concepts, and components, with hands-on experience in building and managing Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
• Experienced with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery principles (examples: Github Actions, Concourse).
• Solid experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or ContainerD.
• Strong foundation of Linux administration fundamentals.
• Familiarity with observability best practices and tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Technical Writing (Documentation, process documents, proposals).
• Kubernetes certifications are desirable (e.g. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)).
• Knowledge of the DigitalOcean cloud platform (e.g., droplets, spaces, networking) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., ansible, chef) is advantageous
• Knowledge of Cockroach DB is advantageous

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.
• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal-opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*This is a remote role

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