Kubernetes Administrator

What we do

SAS is the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo and changing the way we live.

The Team. SAS Platform and Service Design Engineering is a dynamic environment where we apply automation to operations. Do you seek out new technologies and find the best way to apply them in a large corporate infrastructure? Do you enjoy the challenge of putting together the pieces of cloud integration? Do you enjoy deep diving into a complex problem to seek a solution? Do you find yourself championing the code-way of doing business to everyone you meet in your organization? If so, the SAS Platform and Service Design Engineering team would like to talk to you.

What youll do

Information Systems Engineer

You will:

• Learn every day and expect technology to drive a new status-quo.
• Provide Kubernetes platform service design for large-scale deployments and workloads.
• Design an operations model which allows resiliency and self-service for our business consumers.
• Build security into every aspect of your design.
• Collaborate across business units and lead discussions on use case and requirements for Kubernetes platform services that align with corporate research and development strategy.
• Take requirements from our SAS Cloud partners and turn them into service offerings
• Assess complex technical problems and take ownership of projects with minimal guidance.
• Utilize a diverse set of systems administration and programming skills to build and manage automated systems.
• Create and maintain current solution and architecture documentation.

What were looking for

Youre curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

• Experience developing, deploying, and supporting Kubernetes orchestration.
• Strong Linux system administration skills
• Experience with containerized services such as Docker, Kubernetes, and/or derivatives.
• Experience with modern coding languages such as Go or Python
• You have a bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field

The nice to haves

• Experience utilizing, deploying, and/or supporting IaaS platforms such as OpenStack.
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment methodologies using pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps or Jenkins
• Experience with Networking and Security troubleshooting.
• Experience with performance analysis and design.
• Experience developing cloud solutions with security-by-design.

Other knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Builds trust and transparency through internal and external collaborations.
• Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex networking problems.
• Experience in system operations.