What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rancher & Kubernetes SME position at Noblesoft Technologies?
Job Title: Rancher & Kubernetes SME
Location: Princeton - NJ - 08540
Mode : Contract (6 Months) – Onsite
Qualifications
Location: Princeton - NJ - 08540
Mode : Contract (6 Months) – Onsite
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
- 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)
Salary : $50 - $55