About Fluence
Key Responsibilities: Leadership and Strategy: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of senior DevOps engineers. Drive architectural decisions, ensuring they’re grounded in both strategic vision and hands-on feasibility. Serve as the primary point of contact for infrastructure-related vendor communication, from troubleshooting to collaborative solution design. Infrastructure and Network Design: Overhaul our current network architecture to support segmentation (e.g., private/public subnets, NAT gateways, bandwidth controls) inspired by AWS, likely implemented with KubeOVN. Re-architect our cluster layout: transition from a one-cluster-per-provider-server approach to a more scalable multi-node setup. Ensure our infrastructure supports varied customer needs—from personal VPS to high-performance VM setups. Hardware and Performance: Bring expertise in low-level system performance: CPU architecture, GPU computing, and general hardware optimization. Collaborate with hardware vendors to ensure predictable performance and clear understanding of the compute resources we resell. Observability and Security: Implement observability solutions (e.g., Grafana stack) for comprehensive monitoring and alerting. Define Kubernetes network policies and secrets management systems to ensure secure multi-tenant operations.
Qualifications: Experience: 5+ years in DevOps, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. Proven track record in Kubernetes environments, including KubeVirt and advanced networking tools (KubeOVN, Cilium). Strong background in cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure design (AWS, GCP, Azure). Experience with hardware-level performance tuning and troubleshooting. Technical Skills: Expert-level understanding of computer networking and Kubernetes-based network solutions. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Experience with observability and security tools in cloud environments. Ability to make architecture-level decisions and defend them with technical rationale. Soft Skills: Confident leadership and team mentorship. Comfortable making high-impact decisions and taking ownership. Strong communication and negotiation skills for working with external vendors. Language: English level C1+/ Russian fluent
What You’ll Tackle First: Redesign our Kubernetes network layout with public/private subnet segregation, bandwidth controls, and internet gateway support. Lead the transition to a more scalable cluster architecture. Build strong relationships with hardware providers and become the internal go-to person for hardware insights
Future Challenges: Ensure our infrastructure is flexible enough to support a range of customer needs, from enterprise blockchain setups to GPU-powered ML workloads. Help the company evolve its marketplace offering through better observability, transparency, and performance guarantees.
Why Join Us: Impact: Your work will directly impact how our clients access and utilize compute resources, driving the next generation of cloud-native infrastructure. Innovation: Work with the latest in container orchestration, virtualization, and multi-cloud technologies. Growth: Be part of a rapidly growing company with plenty of opportunities to advance your career. Culture: Join a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive work environment that values innovation and professional development. Location: Remote
Commitment: Full-time
Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity options Remote-first, work from home or use a co-working space of your choice Friendly startup environment: no bureaucracy or time tracking We will provide you with anything you need to learn, grow, and be more productive