Infrastructure Engineer – On-Prem Kubernetes Deployment Outside IR35 3 month initial duration. Remote working for UK based candidates. We’re hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to support a live on-premise deployment and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters using RKE2. This role sits within a delivery critical environment and requires direct experience with infrastructure as code, open-source integration and hands-on cluster configuration. You’ll be working across:
1. Multi-node RKE2 clusters – set-up, networking, RBAC, disaster recovery and failover
2. Installation and configuration of open source components – Including Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alloy, PostgreSQL, Rook Ceph, ActiveMQ Artemis, and Keycloak
3. Kubernetes native deployment tooling - Helm and Kustomize (creation and use required) plus exposure to FluxCD pipelines
4. Service integration and lifecycle management - dashboards, databases, identity, messaging and object storage
5. On-prem delivery mindset – no cloud native shortcuts, full infrastructure control from install to runtime
6. Clear, confident communication – you'll be interfacing across technical teams to ensure stable deployments and smooth handover
This role suits Infrastructure Engineers who don’t just know Kubernetes they’ve shipped it, configured it and supported it inside real production environments.