# Kubernetes Engineer – Rancher / RKE2 at Oivan Group Oy

> United Arab Emirates · Unspecified · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/personio%3Aoivan-group-oy%3A2864746 (read 2026-11-14).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Oivan Group Oy](https://alderhq.app/companies/oivan-group-oy)
- Location text: Dubai, UAE
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United Arab Emirates (evidence: "Location: Dubai, UAE")
- Posted: 2026-10-28 (17 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-04 · last verified: 2026-11-08
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://oivan-group-oy.jobs.personio.de/job/2864746
- Skills listed (inferred): Node.js, Kubernetes, Terraform

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted

## Description (the employer's text)

### What We Need

- Strong, practical hands-on experience with Rancher and RKE2
- On-site operational support and day-to-day platform activities
- Solid Kubernetes troubleshooting and issue resolution skills
- Knowledge transfer and technical guidance to the team on Rancher usage and operations
### What You'll Do

The following are the main duties you will do as part of this job:

- 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
### What You Have

Our ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:

- 3+ years of hands-on experience in IT, with 2+ years operating Kubernetes in production
- Strong practical experience with Rancher and RKE2:
- Rancher Manager day-2 operations: downstream clusters, projects, RBAC, catalog and apps
- RKE2 server and agent nodes, config.yaml, embedded containerd, etcd and air-gapped installation
- Solid Kubernetes troubleshooting skills:
- Debugging with kubectl, events, logs, crictl and node-level tools
- Diagnosing networking, DNS, storage, scheduling and certificate issues
- 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
- 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)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- SUSE Rancher certification (Administrator or Deployment Specialist)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

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