(Senior) Kubernetes Operations Engineer

Company Summary

Flagship Labs 97 Inc. (FL97) is a privately held, early-stage technology company pioneering the application of artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the scientific method. FL97 is backed by Flagship Pioneering, which brings the courage, long-term vision, and resources needed to realize unreasonable results. Join our mission-driven team and contribute to the future of science.

Our Life Sciences effort is leveraging AI and high-throughput automation for valuable therapeutic discovery and development across biological modalities.

At FL97, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply.

The Role

FL97 is seeking a dedicated and skilled Kubernetes Operations Engineer (Engineer II) to join our team. This role will focus on building and maintaining production Kubernetes environments to support a suite of internal services by creating a foundation that supports scalability, performance, and security. You will be part of a dynamic, cross-functional team responsible for a software platform that integrates AI and automated laboratories to push the frontier of science. As a member of the computational platform team, you will lead the design and maintenance of our Kubernetes infrastructure as code and integrate closely with an overarching CICD.  You will not work alone, as the whole team is expected to deploy and monitor applications on the cluster.  You will set the stage for this work. The ideal candidate is fluent in kubectl, excited about observability broadly defined, and enjoys both learning and teaching.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes clusters: Design, implement, and manage Kubernetes clusters in cloud environments.
• Manage Kubernetes manifests: Write and maintain YAML files for deploying applications, services, and infrastructure components.
• Configure and manage containerized applications: Ensure that containerized applications are deployed and running efficiently within the Kubernetes environment.
• Scale applications: Monitor and manage the scalability of applications to meet performance and availability requirements.
• Ensure high availability: Implement strategies to ensure the availability and resilience of both applications and the Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Monitoring and logging: Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure the health and performance of the Kubernetes clusters and applications.
• Security best practices: Implement industry best practices for securing Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues: Diagnose and resolve issues related to Kubernetes and container orchestration in a timely manner.
• Automate deployment processes: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment of applications.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in managing and supporting Kubernetes environments in production.
• Technical expertise: Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and concepts such as pods, services, deployments, and stateful sets.
• CI/CD Tooling: Experience with best practices and tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Travis CI.
• Infrastructure as Code and related tools: Helm Charts, CDK, Terraform
• Containerization: Proficiency with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Scripting and automation: Experience with Python
• Observability .
• AWS: EKS and related tools
• Security: Knowledge of security best practices in a Kubernetes environment.
• Problem-solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Kubernetes certifications (e.g., CKA, CKAD)
• Experience with service mesh technologies like Istio or Linkerd.
• Knowledge of network policies and ingress controllers.

Working at FL97, you would have access to advanced technology in the areas of:

• AI experimental design and simulation
• Automated liquid handling and instrumentation
• Generative molecular design

More About Flagship Pioneering

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.