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Remote Kubernetes Engineer jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams in software, cloud infrastructure, finance, and healthcare. Employers hiring remotely right now include Invoice Cloud, CrowdStrike, and Mural. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Job Summary
As the largest online distributor of restaurant supplies and equipment, WebstaurantStore offers a catalog of more than 430,000 products backed by fast, dependable shipping. Unlike most e-commerce companies, we handle nearly all of our technology design, development, and systems management in-house. This lets us build custom solutions for a fast-changing market. That steady, organic growth has created an opening for a Senior Platform Engineer focused on on-premises Kubernetes who wants to take the next step in their career.
You'll help own our on-prem Kubernetes platform end to end: bare-metal clusters, networking, storage, deployment pipelines, and observability. We're looking for someone who understands why Kubernetes behaves the way it does, not just which command to run.
If your expertise is mainly in cloud technologies or managed services, we encourage you to explore other opportunities in our organization that may be a better fit.
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, and upgrade on-premises Kubernetes clusters and the infrastructure underneath them.
- Write and maintain Helm charts that are clean, reusable, and follow best practices.
- Run GitOps-driven deployments with Argo CD or similar tools such as Flux or GitLab CD.
- Diagnose issues across pods, nodes, workloads, and the network. This includes tracing traffic from the client through firewalls, load balancers, and ingress; and between services inside the cluster.
- Manage cluster networking with Cilium. Configure ingress controllers such as HAProxy, NGINX, or Traefik, including support for long-lived connections like WebSockets.
- Help application teams set appropriate resource requests, limits, and health probes; and choose the right workload type for the job.
- Investigate performance regressions and resource saturation using metrics, logs, and profiling before reaching for a rollback.
- Build and refine dashboards, alerts, and log queries in Grafana and Loki while helping expand our OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
- Manage secrets with HashiCorp Vault.
- Research new platforms and tools and help guide the team's technology decisions.
- Respond to production incidents, contribute to post-incident reviews, and take part in the on-call rotation.
Physical Requirements
- Work is performed while sitting/standing and interfacing with a personal computer.
- Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
- Requires the regular use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
- Requires occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
- Requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50lbs.
Remote Work Qualifications
- Access to a reliable and secure high-speed internet connection. Cable or fiber internet connections (at least 75mbps download/10mbps upload) are preferred, as satellite connections often cannot support the technologies used to perform day-to-day tasks.
- Access to a home router and modem.
- A dedicated home office space that is noise- and distraction-free. The space should have strong wireless connection or a wired Ethernet connection (wired connection is preferred, if possible).
- A valid, physical address (apartment, suite, etc.). PO Boxes are not supported, as a physical address is required for you to receive your computer equipment.
- The desire and ability to work and communicate with other team members via chat, webcam, etc.
- Legal residents of one of the following states: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, or WY). H-1B Visa Sponsorship Not Available, W2 only.
Experience
- 3+ years in a Platform Engineer, SRE, or adjacent role with hands-on experience building and managing on-prem Kubernetes clusters.
- Thorough, hands-on Kubernetes knowledge. This includes core workload types (Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets), scheduling and resource management, health probes, and what the control plane does when changes are applied.
- Strong Helm experience: writing, reviewing, and troubleshooting charts.
- Experience with Cilium for cluster networking and network policy.
- Solid Linux and networking fundamentals, including DNS, routing, TLS, HTTP (host headers and virtual hosting), load balancing, and firewalls.
- A structured, layer-by-layer approach to troubleshooting with the ability to explain your reasoning as you go.
- Observability experience with metrics, logs, and dashboards. Grafana and Loki are strongly preferred, and OpenTelemetry is a plus.
- Proficiency in Go and/or Python.
- Configuration management experience (Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
- Experience researching technologies and guiding a team's selection in an enterprise environment.
- Version control experience. We use Git, but if you've never used it, we can train you.
- A collaborative, team-first mindset. You share knowledge freely, communicate clearly during incidents, and enjoy helping teammates and application developers succeed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Argo CD.
- Deep experience with Helm.
- Familiarity with eBPF-based tooling such as Hubble for network visibility.
Education
This role does not require a degree. We value relevant skills and experience and alignment with our core values above all else.
Desired Traits & Skills
Hungry:
- Passionate for their work.
- Goes above and beyond to get the job done.
- Looks for opportunities in all aspects of the company.
- Process improvement focus.
Humble:
- Easily admits to mistakes.
- Acknowledges his/her weaknesses.
- Displays a grounded confidence but not arrogance.
Smart:
- Shows empathy.
- Attentive listener.
- Adjusts his/her own behavior to fit the nature of a conversation.
- Understands what others are thinking.
One Part of the Bigger Picture
WebstaurantStore’s parent company, Clark Associates, has made the Central Penn Business Journal’s list of “Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies” in Pennsylvania for 9 years in a row. The base of Clark’s success comes from our key directives: Hiring great people, creating value for customers, and investing in employees and their communities. These pillars drive each of Clark Associates’ multi-million-dollar businesses forward, including WebstaurantStore and other industry-leading names like 11400, Clark Food Service Equipment, The Restaurant Store, and Clark National Accounts.
Are You Ready?
Entrepreneurial Spirit is the driving force behind WebstaurantStore’s work environment. Making things better for our customers is our goal every single day. Achieving that goal means taking risks, accepting failure, and learning from our mistakes. If that sounds like a mission you’re ready to be a part of, we’d love to discuss this role with you further, and we’re excited to meet you!
Never heard of us? That’s okay! We love sharing our stories.
- WebstaurantStore | About Us
- Video Message from Leadership
- Clark Associates Timeline [Parent Company]
Check us out on:
- YouTube
- TikTok
- X/Twitter
Working Environment
This role includes participation in our on-call rotation, which currently works out to about one week every eight weeks with a fully staffed team.
Company Overview
The foodservice professional’s premier source for restaurant equipment, supplies, and knowledge online. Our purpose is to empower and equip people to run their businesses more profitably and efficiently.
Benefits
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- PTO
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life Insurance
- Disability
- Dependent Care FSA
- 401(k) matching
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Incentives
- Company Discounts
- AT&T & Verizon Discount
- Bonus Opportunities
- Accident Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Adoption Assistance
Available at HQ Locations Only
- On-Site Fitness Centers
- Dog-friendly Offices
Job Summary
As the largest online distributor of restaurant supplies and equipment, WebstaurantStore offers a catalog of more than 430,000 products backed by fast, dependable shipping. Unlike most e-commerce companies, we handle nearly all of our technology design, development, and systems management in-house. This lets us build custom solutions for a fast-changing market. That steady, organic growth has created an opening for a Senior Platform Engineer focused on on-premises Kubernetes who wants to take the next step in their career.
You'll help own our on-prem Kubernetes platform end to end: bare-metal clusters, networking, storage, deployment pipelines, and observability. We're looking for someone who understands why Kubernetes behaves the way it does, not just which command to run.
If your expertise is mainly in cloud technologies or managed services, we encourage you to explore other opportunities in our organization that may be a better fit.
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, and upgrade on-premises Kubernetes clusters and the infrastructure underneath them.
- Write and maintain Helm charts that are clean, reusable, and follow best practices.
- Run GitOps-driven deployments with Argo CD or similar tools such as Flux or GitLab CD.
- Diagnose issues across pods, nodes, workloads, and the network. This includes tracing traffic from the client through firewalls, load balancers, and ingress; and between services inside the cluster.
- Manage cluster networking with Cilium. Configure ingress controllers such as HAProxy, NGINX, or Traefik, including support for long-lived connections like WebSockets.
- Help application teams set appropriate resource requests, limits, and health probes; and choose the right workload type for the job.
- Investigate performance regressions and resource saturation using metrics, logs, and profiling before reaching for a rollback.
- Build and refine dashboards, alerts, and log queries in Grafana and Loki while helping expand our OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
- Manage secrets with HashiCorp Vault.
- Research new platforms and tools and help guide the team's technology decisions.
- Respond to production incidents, contribute to post-incident reviews, and take part in the on-call rotation.
Physical Requirements
- Work is performed while sitting/standing and interfacing with a personal computer.
- Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
- Requires the regular use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
- Requires occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
- Requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50lbs.
Remote Work Qualifications
- Access to a reliable and secure high-speed internet connection. Cable or fiber internet connections (at least 75mbps download/10mbps upload) are preferred, as satellite connections often cannot support the technologies used to perform day-to-day tasks.
- Access to a home router and modem.
- A dedicated home office space that is noise- and distraction-free. The space should have strong wireless connection or a wired Ethernet connection (wired connection is preferred, if possible).
- A valid, physical address (apartment, suite, etc.). PO Boxes are not supported, as a physical address is required for you to receive your computer equipment.
- The desire and ability to work and communicate with other team members via chat, webcam, etc.
- Legal residents of one of the following states: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, or WY). H-1B Visa Sponsorship Not Available, W2 only.
Experience
- 3+ years in a Platform Engineer, SRE, or adjacent role with hands-on experience building and managing on-prem Kubernetes clusters.
- Thorough, hands-on Kubernetes knowledge. This includes core workload types (Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets), scheduling and resource management, health probes, and what the control plane does when changes are applied.
- Strong Helm experience: writing, reviewing, and troubleshooting charts.
- Experience with Cilium for cluster networking and network policy.
- Solid Linux and networking fundamentals, including DNS, routing, TLS, HTTP (host headers and virtual hosting), load balancing, and firewalls.
- A structured, layer-by-layer approach to troubleshooting with the ability to explain your reasoning as you go.
- Observability experience with metrics, logs, and dashboards. Grafana and Loki are strongly preferred, and OpenTelemetry is a plus.
- Proficiency in Go and/or Python.
- Configuration management experience (Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
- Experience researching technologies and guiding a team's selection in an enterprise environment.
- Version control experience. We use Git, but if you've never used it, we can train you.
- A collaborative, team-first mindset. You share knowledge freely, communicate clearly during incidents, and enjoy helping teammates and application developers succeed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Argo CD.
- Deep experience with Helm.
- Familiarity with eBPF-based tooling such as Hubble for network visibility.
Education
This role does not require a degree. We value relevant skills and experience and alignment with our core values above all else.
Desired Traits & Skills
Hungry:
- Passionate for their work.
- Goes above and beyond to get the job done.
- Looks for opportunities in all aspects of the company.
- Process improvement focus.
Humble:
- Easily admits to mistakes.
- Acknowledges his/her weaknesses.
- Displays a grounded confidence but not arrogance.
Smart:
- Shows empathy.
- Attentive listener.
- Adjusts his/her own behavior to fit the nature of a conversation.
- Understands what others are thinking.
One Part of the Bigger Picture
WebstaurantStore’s parent company, Clark Associates, has made the Central Penn Business Journal’s list of “Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies” in Pennsylvania for 9 years in a row. The base of Clark’s success comes from our key directives: Hiring great people, creating value for customers, and investing in employees and their communities. These pillars drive each of Clark Associates’ multi-million-dollar businesses forward, including WebstaurantStore and other industry-leading names like 11400, Clark Food Service Equipment, The Restaurant Store, and Clark National Accounts.
Are You Ready?
Entrepreneurial Spirit is the driving force behind WebstaurantStore’s work environment. Making things better for our customers is our goal every single day. Achieving that goal means taking risks, accepting failure, and learning from our mistakes. If that sounds like a mission you’re ready to be a part of, we’d love to discuss this role with you further, and we’re excited to meet you!
Never heard of us? That’s okay! We love sharing our stories.
- WebstaurantStore | About Us
- Video Message from Leadership
- Clark Associates Timeline [Parent Company]
Check us out on:
- YouTube
- TikTok
- X/Twitter
Working Environment
This role includes participation in our on-call rotation, which currently works out to about one week every eight weeks with a fully staffed team.
Company Overview
The foodservice professional’s premier source for restaurant equipment, supplies, and knowledge online. Our purpose is to empower and equip people to run their businesses more profitably and efficiently.
Benefits
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- PTO
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life Insurance
- Disability
- Dependent Care FSA
- 401(k) matching
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Incentives
- Company Discounts
- AT&T & Verizon Discount
- Bonus Opportunities
- Accident Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Adoption Assistance
Available at HQ Locations Only
- On-Site Fitness Centers
- Dog-friendly Offices
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote kubernetes engineer jobs.
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating production Kubernetes clusters at scale
- Proficiency with container runtimes, Docker, and container image build pipelines
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Helm
- Familiarity with CI/CD platforms including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Knowledge of cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and their managed Kubernetes services
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Kubernetes Engineer Job Search
Show your async communication style upfront
Remote kubernetes engineer teams rely on written documentation to coordinate across time zones. Share runbooks, incident post-mortems, or architecture decision records you've written so hiring managers can see you can communicate clearly without a synchronous meeting.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote kubernetes engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your stack and apply directly without sorting through location-filtered listings on general job boards.
Build a public Kubernetes portfolio
Push real cluster configs, Helm charts, or GitOps workflows to a public repository. Remote employers can't watch you work in person, so a visible body of infrastructure code is one of the most direct ways to prove your skills before an interview.
Prepare for remote-specific technical interviews
Distributed engineering teams often run take-home infrastructure exercises instead of or alongside live coding screens. Practice diagnosing broken Kubernetes manifests, writing resource limits and readiness probes, and explaining your reasoning clearly in written form.
Remote Kubernetes Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote kubernetes engineer job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams that rely on Kubernetes to run production workloads at scale, because those employers actively seek candidates who can own infrastructure independently. Remote hiring managers screen for deep hands-on experience with cluster management, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines alongside strong written communication and the ability to debug issues asynchronously. A public GitHub repo showing real Kubernetes configs or contributions to open-source projects gives you a concrete edge.
Which companies hire remote kubernetes engineers?
Employers currently hiring remote kubernetes engineers include Invoice Cloud, CrowdStrike, and Mural, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, cloud-native startups, and distributed platform teams across fintech, SaaS, and enterprise technology tend to hire kubernetes engineers without location requirements.
Can you get a remote kubernetes engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level kubernetes engineer roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot cluster issues independently without a team nearby. Cloud-native startups and smaller distributed teams are more open to junior candidates than large enterprises. Building a homelab cluster, earning a Certified Kubernetes Administrator credential, and publishing your configs publicly can substitute for paid experience and demonstrate the self-direction remote employers need.
Do you need a degree for remote kubernetes engineer jobs?
Not always. Remote kubernetes engineer roles are heavily skills-driven, and many employers weigh demonstrated hands-on ability over a formal degree. What matters most is proven experience managing production clusters, familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, and Prometheus, and a portfolio or work history showing you can operate independently. A degree may still be listed as preferred, but it rarely disqualifies a strong candidate.
Which industries hire the most remote kubernetes engineers?
The sectors hiring the most remote kubernetes engineers are Technology & Software, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These industries run complex, distributed systems that depend on Kubernetes for reliability and scale, making remote infrastructure engineers a practical hire for teams spread across time zones.
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