· Good knowledge in Linux operating system like RHEL and Ubuntu · Install and configure K8S in on-prem and cloud. · Ability to handle internals of K8S. · Ability to configure authentication engine of choice to serve as user database for K8S like Okta/LDAP · Ability to deploy and configure the EFK stack for centralized logging · Experience in deploying and configuring Prometheus and Grafana for centralized monitoring · Ability to design private docker registry (private registry) · Thorough knowledge with regards to handling certificates within K8S. · Good hands-on in pipeline job creation and management. · Ability to handle source code manager tools like Git. · Good understanding of Ansible, ansible tower and ability to create playbooks. · Sound knowledge with regards to Linux/Kubernetes networking concepts. · Deployment & configuration of Service Mesh. · Preferred certifications - RHCSA, RHCE, CKA, Ansible · Ability to create and manage containers Eg: docker, crio, containerd · Ability to install native Kubernetes cluster · Good understanding of Kubernetes internals. like pods, static pods, configMap, deployments, Daemon set · Ability to handle security context in k8s