Senior Kubernetes Administrator

5 days ago

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area, South Africa Forensic AI Full time

At
Forensic AI
, we build intelligent, secure, and scalable solutions that help organizations unlock the full power of AI. Our mission is to deliver operational clarity, trust, and efficiency through advanced automation and responsible AI engineering.

We're looking for a
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
who can help us build and maintain resilient containerized platforms that power our AI systems. Applicants
must have passed the CKA exam and provide proof of certification
.

About the role

As a Kubernetes Administrator at Forensic AI, you will design, operate, and secure our Kubernetes environments across development, testing, and production. You will manage clusters, automate deployments, improve reliability, and ensure our AI workloads run securely and efficiently at scale.

What you'll do Kubernetes administration

  • Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters across all environments
  • Configure networking, storage, RBAC, and cluster security
  • Implement autoscaling, workload scheduling, and resource optimization
  • Perform cluster upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management

Platform engineering & automation

  • Build and automate platform components using IaC (Terraform, Bicep, Helm)
  • Create Helm charts and reusable deployment templates
  • Integrate CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and rollbacks
  • Manage container registries, image scanning, and supply chain security

Observability & reliability

  • Implement monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, etc.)
  • Troubleshoot cluster and workload issues
  • Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis
  • Ensure resilience, availability, and disaster recovery readiness

Security & governance

  • Apply Kubernetes security best practices and policies
  • Implement network policies, Pod Security Standards, and secrets management
  • Strengthen image security through scanning and signing
  • Support compliance and governance controls

What we're looking for You if are

  • Passionate about Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies
  • A strong problem-solver and collaborator
  • Clear in communication and proactive in your work
  • Curious, authentic, and committed to secure engineering

You have

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification — required
  • Proof of certification is required during application

Technical requirements:

  • 3–5+ years in Kubernetes, DevOps, or cloud-native roles
  • Experience with AKS, EKS, GKE, or self-managed clusters
  • Strong Docker and containerization knowledge
  • CI/CD experience (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.)
  • IaC experience (Terraform, Bicep, Helm, Kustomize)
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, storage, RBAC, and security
  • Experience with monitoring and observability stacks
  • Scripting skills (Bash, PowerShell, Python)

Why you'll love working at Forensic AI

  • Work with advanced AI and modern cloud-native technologies
  • Build secure, scalable platforms powering intelligent systems
  • Join a collaborative and innovative engineering culture
  • Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and strong growth opportunities
  • Be part of a team where security and reliability are core values

Ready to apply?

If you're a Certified Kubernetes Administrator ready to build secure and scalable platforms, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and include proof of your CKA certification.

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