Future openings - SRE - Compute (Linux, Kubernetes, Containers)

📋 Job Overview

We are hiring an SRE Support Engineer who is exceptionally strong in Linux fundamentals, Linux networking, containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes. This is a hands-on, engineering-level support role focused on helping internal developers adopt, debug, and succeed with the client’s internal compute platform. While this position is not currently open, we are interviewing strong candidates for upcoming opportunities on this team.

🏢 About Virtasant

Virtasant is a global technology services company delivering large-scale cloud, data, and engineering solutions across 130+ countries. We partner with some of the world’s largest organizations to help them build, operate, and scale internal platforms used by tens of thousands of engineers. For this role, you will be supporting one of the most advanced internal developer platforms in the world, powering products used by hundreds of millions of people.

🎯 The Role

We are hiring an SRE Support Engineer who is exceptionally strong in:

Linux fundamentals
Linux networking
Containerization (Docker)
Kubernetes (internal/private cloud, multi-form experience preferred)

This is a hands-on, engineering-level support role focused on helping internal developers adopt, debug, and succeed with the client’s internal compute platform. You’ll work at the intersection of Kubernetes, containers, and low-level Linux troubleshooting, engaging directly with engineers to resolve issues that often require deep system understanding. This is not generic L1/L2 support, it’s high-trust technical engineering work with some of the most innovative developers in the industry.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Support internal customers using the compute platform through high-touch white-glove onboarding
• Slack/community forum and ticketing system responses
• Deep technical troubleshooting
• Act as the first line of engineering support for Kubernetes- and container-related issues
• Troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve issues across Kubernetes workloads, scheduling, services, networking, RBAC
• Troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve issues across Docker containers, images, builds, and runtime environments
• Troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve issues across Linux servers, systemd behavior, filesystem issues, resource constraints
• Troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve issues across networking (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls)
• Investigate issues inside Linux systems using tools such as tcpdump, ss, strace, traceroute, dig, journalctl, top, htop
• Write clear, concise technical tickets, incident summaries, and runbooks
• Create knowledge base articles and contribute to ongoing documentation improvements
• Participate in postmortems and drive follow-up actions
• Work with SRE, Platform, and Engineering teams to escalate issues, identify platform bugs, and propose improvements
• Provide high-quality, structured feedback based on trends in support interactions
• Uphold a strong emphasis on detail, organization, independence, and quality
• Contribute to building tools, scripts, and processes that improve support efficiency

📌 Required Qualifications

• Strong Linux fundamentals (processes, services, filesystem, kernel basics)
• Strong Linux networking (TCP/IP, routing, DNS, load balancers, firewalls)
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience — ideally beyond managed cloud platforms
• Strong Docker/containerization expertise
• Experience in production support for large-scale systems
• Ability to write and understand Python scripts (or similar languages)
• Comfortable reviewing PRs, reading developer code, and communicating with dev teams
• Strong Git proficiency
• Exceptional written and spoken English (must be extremely clear)
• Highly organized, meticulous attention to detail, and consistent follow-through
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and structured debugging ability
• Comfortable working independently with distributed teams

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar engineering discipline
• Experience supporting private cloud or internal platform engineering teams
• Familiarity with Spark, Kafka, or distributed systems

🎁 Benefits

Freedom to Grow. Power to Deliver. At Virtasant, we believe talented people do their best work in environments built on trust, autonomy, and continuous learning. You’ll join a truly global team - 130+ countries strong - where you can:

Work from anywhere with full autonomy and respect for your time

Learn in every direction by working on cutting-edge systems across clients and sectors

Collaborate globally with kind, curious, and professional teammates

Make real impact by solving technical challenges that matter

We’re remote-first. Trust-based. Proudly diverse. And relentlessly focused on delivering meaningful work.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

No visa or work-authorization information provided.