Kubernetes Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Oivan is looking for an Intermediate Kubernetes Engineer to join our team in Dubai. You will provide on-site operational support for enterprise Kubernetes platforms built on SUSE Rancher and RKE2, keep day-to-day operations running smoothly, and help the customer's team become confident in using and operating Rancher.

🏢 About Oivan

🎯 The Role

We offer you the opportunity to apply and grow your skills with a diverse and geographically distributed technology team, working directly with customers on mission-critical Kubernetes platforms.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Provide on-site operational support for Rancher-managed RKE2 clusters at the customer's premises
• Carry out day-to-day operations: cluster health checks, node and workload management, namespace and project administration, and user access through Rancher RBAC
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform issues (nodes, pods, networking, DNS, ingress, storage and certificates), and escalate with clear findings when needed
• Operate Rancher Manager: managing downstream clusters, projects, users and roles, the app catalog and Helm-based deployments
• Support RKE2 cluster installation, configuration, scaling and routine maintenance, including on-premise and air-gapped environments
• Assist with planned Kubernetes, RKE2 and Rancher upgrades, and with etcd snapshots and Rancher backup and restore
• Monitor platforms using Rancher Monitoring (Prometheus and Grafana) and logging, and respond to alerts and incidents
• Apply security baselines such as the RKE2 CIS profile, Pod Security Admission and network policies
• Deliver knowledge transfer, hands-on walkthroughs and technical guidance to customer and internal teams on Rancher usage and operations
• Create and maintain runbooks, operational procedures and platform documentation
• Work closely with customer stakeholders and the wider Oivan and SUSE teams

📌 Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in IT, with 2+ years operating Kubernetes in production
• Strong practical experience with Rancher and RKE2:
• Solid Kubernetes troubleshooting skills:
• Working knowledge of Helm; exposure to GitOps (Rancher Fleet, Argo CD or Flux) is a plus
• Good Linux administration (SLES / SLE Micro, RHEL or Ubuntu) and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, TLS)
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana and centralized logging
• Bash scripting; Ansible or Terraform is a plus
• Ability to explain technical topics clearly and coach others (knowledge transfer, training, documentation)
• Experience working on-site in on-premise enterprise environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• English (advanced); Arabic language skills are an advantage

⭐ Desirable Experience

• SUSE Virtualization (Harvester), SUSE Storage (Longhorn) and SUSE Security (NeuVector)
• CNI knowledge: Canal, Calico or Cilium
• Private registries and air-gapped image management (e.g., Harbor)
• Backup tooling such as Velero
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, Jenkins or GitHub Actions)

🎁 Benefits

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