At the company, we are looking for a highly skilled Rancher Expert to lead the design, deployment, and management of enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms. In this role, you will be the go-to authority for container orchestration using SUSE Rancher, driving standardization across multi-cluster environments spanning on-premise, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with DevOps, development, and security teams to build resilient, scalable, and automated platforms that power critical workloads. Your expertise will shape our infrastructure strategy, establish best practices, and mentor junior engineers on the team.
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Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: Full-time, on-site contract (one-year, extendable)
Responsibilities:
- Deploy, configure, and manage SUSE Rancher (RKE1 / RKE2 / K3s) clusters at enterprise scale.
- Design multi-cluster architectures with high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
- Manage cluster lifecycle: upgrades, node scaling, certificate rotation, etc.
- Enforce RBAC, network policies, and Pod Security Standards across all clusters.
- Develop, maintain, and version-control Helm charts for internal and third-party applications.
- Implement GitOps workflows using Flux CD or Argo CD for declarative application delivery.
- Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Tekton.
- Manage cloud environments on AWS, GCP, or Azure including networking, IAM, and cost optimization.
- Deploy and manage Harvester (SUSE HCI) and integrate into Rancher-managed Kubernetes clusters.
- Deploy and maintain observability stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Thanos.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments.
- Proven track record managing large-scale, multi-cluster Rancher environments.
- 7+ years of total experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
- Good communication skills, including fluent English.
Preferred Certifications:
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) — strongly preferred.
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
- SUSE Certified Rancher Expert.
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate or Professional.
- AWS Solutions Architect / GCP Professional Cloud Architect / Azure Solutions Architect.
What We Offer:
- An international workforce to learn from and grow with - a diverse, multicultural environment with Nordic values.
- Fair compensation package and considerable annual leave of 25 days per annum.
- Additional holidays for parents with a newborn baby.
- Opportunities for growth and enrichment through internal learning and development.
- Company-provided devices (Mac or PC) within a fixed budget.
- Team-building activities, movie nights, and events.
The company appreciates different lifestyles and cultural backgrounds, welcoming diversity as a strength. We encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups in tech to apply. The company's culture reflects our core values, fostering responsibility towards our employees, customers, and the environment.
