Technical Product Manager - Kubernetes & Containers

Technical Product Manager - Kubernetes & Containers

This role has been designed as "Onsite" with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

We're looking for a hands-on Technical Product Manager to work directly with engineering on our Kubernetes and container platform (e.g., Morpheus HKS
- Kubernetes Service). This role is more about being in the weeds - writing detailed specs, testing features, generate technical content, digging into customer/support issues, and helping engineering ship the right thing correctly.

• Write detailed product requirements and technical specs for Kubernetes/container features (cluster lifecycle, CSI/storage integration, CNI/networking, autoscaling, upgrades) that engineering can build directly against.
• Get hands-on with the product - deploy clusters, test new features, reproduce customer/support issues, and validate fixes before they ship.
• Work day-to-day with engineers in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and design reviews - not just handing off requirements, but actively problem-solving alongside them.
• Triage and prioritize incoming bugs, customer escalations, and feature requests based on technical severity and impact.
• Partner with QA/engineering to define test plans and acceptance criteria for new Kubernetes capabilities.
• Support field/sales engineering with technical answers, demos, and troubleshooting for Kubernetes-related customer questions.
• Track competitive Kubernetes distributions and ecosystem tools hands-on (installing, testing, comparing) to inform feature decisions with direct technical evidence, not just market reports.
• Contribute to release notes, technical documentation, and internal enablement content.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

5+ years of experience in product management or a hands-on technical role (engineering, Dev Ops, SRE) with meaningful direct Kubernetes/container experience.

Comfortable in a terminal - able to stand up a cluster, read logs, and troubleshoot without relying entirely on engineering to explain what's happening.

• Kubernetes core: hands-on experience with control plane components, kubelet, RBAC, name spaces, cluster autoscaling, and upgrade/lifecycle workflows - enough to operate a cluster yourself, not just describe one.
• CSI (Container Storage Interface): practical experience with dynamic volume provisioning, snapshots, and Storage Class/storage policy configuration.
• CNI/SDN networking: working knowledge of pod networking, overlay networks, and troubleshooting connectivity issues.
• Multi-cluster/multi-tenant environments: hands-on exposure to namespace isolation and multi-tenancy configurations.
• Infrastructure-as-Code: ability to read/write basic Terraform or Ansible for provisioning and testing.
• CNCF ecosystem tools: direct experience installing/operating Prometheus, Grafana, Calico, or similar add-ons.
• Scripting/basic coding: comfortable with Python, Bash, or Go for testing, automation, or quick tooling.
• Hybrid virtualization awareness (nice to have): exposure to Kubernetes running on VMware, KVM-based hypervisors, or bare metal.

• Detail-oriented and comfortable getting into technical specifics rather than staying at the strategy level.
• Strong collaborator who earns credibility with engineers through technical competence, not just process management.
• Good written communicator for specs, bug reports, and technical documentation.

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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