We are looking for an experienced Kubernetes Health / Drift / Rollout Engineer

This role owns the operational automation that makes the Kubernetes platform trustworthy in production.

What This Person Will Build

• Kubernetes profile drift detection against expected cluster configuration.
• Node and cluster health monitoring with degraded/failed states
• Staged rollout automation for OS image and Kubernetes upgrades
• Canary, percentage-based rollout, halt, rollback, and recovery logic
• Node replacement flows and capacity updates after failures
• Audit events and operational diagnostics for all lifecycle actions

Must-Have Background

• Strong Go and Kubernetes client-go experience
• Experience building Kubernetes controllers, operators, reconcilers, health monitors, rollout systems, or upgrade automation
• Deep understanding of node lifecycle, cordon/drain, PodDisruptionBudgets, device plugins, cluster upgrades, and failure recovery
• Production operations mindset around rollback, blast radius, staged deployment, and observability
• Experience debugging real Kubernetes incidents

Nice to Have

• Experience with Argo Rollouts, Flux, Cluster API, Rancher, OpenShift, Kured, node remediation, edge clusters, or multi-site cluster operations.