- Evangelism: Develop and maintain content, including demos, videos, blogs, podcasts, and livestreams, to promote Kubernetes, OpenStack, and Kubeflow projects and emerging technologies.
- Outreach: Attend and speak at technology conferences, shows, and press events to gain industry recognition and drive adoption of our AI infrastructure projects.
- Thought Leadership: Create compelling presentations and technical documentation to support community engagement and education.
- Education: Engage with the community on platforms like GitHub by reviewing code, contributing to documentation, and creating educational content related to Kubernetes, OpenStack, and MLOps.
- Ambassador-ship: Foster relationships with key community members and act as an ambassador for our open-source infrastructure projects.
- Collaboration: Partner with product engineering teams to build compelling demos and integrate community feedback into product development.
- 8+ years of experience in a hands-on technical role such as software development or architecture.
- Proven experience contributing to open-source projects, particularly in Kubernetes, OpenStack, and MLOps.
- Strong public speaking, content creation, and presentation skills, both in person and online.
- Experience working with technical communities and fostering community engagement.
- Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in ML and infrastructure projects, such as Python, Go, and Shell scripting.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Strong understanding of open source best practices, including code quality, testing, and documentation.
- Bring a deep understanding of scale-out cloud-native architectures such as parallel computing (e.g., goroutines), Kubernetes clusters, and distributed systems.
- Experience with RESTful APIs using JSON and YAML
- Utilize Docker and Kubernetes for deploying, managing, and scaling microservices.
In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, including:
- Cluster API: Expertise in using declarative APIs and tooling to simplify provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters.
- CNI (Container Network Interface): Familiarity with different CNI plugins like OpenSDN/Tungsten Fabric/Contrail, Calico, Cilium (eBPF/XDP), and others for network connectivity in Kubernetes clusters.
- CSI (Container Storage Interface): Understanding of storage orchestration and management in Kubernetes using CSI drivers, particularly with Ceph.
- Telemetry: Experience with monitoring and observability tools to collect and analyze telemetry data from Kubernetes clusters, preferably with Prometheus and Grafana.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills.
- Passion to thrive in a fast-paced, fluid environment.
Highly Desirable:
- In-depth knowledge and experience with Kubernetes, OpenStack, and MLOps tools like Kubeflow.
- Understanding of AI/ML workflows, data modeling, and distributed systems.
- Demonstrable following on social and technical platforms like Twitter, YouTube, GitHub, or Twitch.
- Success in nurturing, engaging with, and growing large open-source projects.
- Track record of contributing to technical documentation and writing how-to content.
- Hands-on experience with Cluster API (CAPI/CAPx), Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs).
- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and multi-cloud environments, including public clouds like AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Foundational understanding of AI infrastructure software (notebooks, pipelines, RAG).
- Polyglot with little or no bias for specific programming languages.
What does Mirantis offer you?
- Work with an established global leader in the cloud infrastructure industry.
- Work with exceptionally passionate, talented, and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies.
- The opportunity to be a party to cutting-edge, open-source innovation.
- The high-energy environment of a young company that values and puts an emphasis on openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth.
- Professional development and training.
- A competitive compensation package with strong benefits plan and stock options.
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