Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer, Kraken

• Strong background in Linux, Networking, and Distributed Systems
• Significant hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms such as Nomad or Kubernetes in a high availability, production environment
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Extensive experience with AWS Cloud Infrastructure
• Strong security mindset and experience implementing security best practices in a complex environment
• Extensive experience with monitoring, logging and alerting tools
• Significant experience with one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, Rust, Bash
• Passion for improving processes, products, and the developer experience for engineering teams
• Knowledgeable about continuous integration and delivery best practices
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team-based environment
• Self-starter, capable of context-switching between various projects, codebases, and concepts

Desirable

• The Core Infrastructure - Platform team is responsible for managing and applying best practices to our orchestration platform while providing infrastructure support across Engineering
• The Core Infrastructure - Platforms Team at Kraken is dedicated to creating a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure platform that facilitates a continuous approach to our software development practices.
• Lately, the team has been focusing on providing a self-service platform for engineers to easily access and manage their services in the clusters the team provides, and manages
• Extend and automate the existing container orchestration platform, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and performance
• Work closely with SREs from different teams to reduce their cognitive load related to the orchestration platform
• Implement and maintain security best practices for the orchestration platform, ensuring the security and availability of our systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, as well as provide guidance and support to other team members
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the smooth operation of our critical systems