Senior Platform Engineer Kubernetes & Rancher

Location : Singapore

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure & Platform Engineering team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Kubernetes platform management with Rancher, securing containerized workloads using NeuVector, and operating across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Experience with Harvester or other hyperconverged infrastructure platforms is a strong plus.

This role is critical to designing, deploying, and maintaining modern infrastructure, while enabling secure, scalable, and reliable environments for our application teams.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters with Rancher in production and non-production environments.
Integrate and operate NeuVector for container security (runtime scanning, policy enforcement, vulnerability management, etc.).
Implement platform automation using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with security and networking teams to define and enforce policies across containerized workloads.
Build and maintain observability platforms (monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards).
Partner with development and DevOps teams to deliver reliable platform services.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
(Optional) Contribute to HCI operations and VM orchestration using Harvester.

Required Skills & Experience

6+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes architecture and operations (v1.20+).
Proven experience managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters with Rancher.
Operational expertise with NeuVector and container security best practices.
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Ansible).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD).
Strong background in Linux, networking, and shell scripting.
Practical knowledge of monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, ELK, or Loki.

Nice to Have

Experience with Harvester or other HCI platforms for VM management on bare metal.
Familiarity with air-gapped or edge deployments.
Exposure to hybrid/multi-cloud platform operations.
Certifications: CKA, CKS, Rancher, or equivalent

Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Rancher / NeuVector)