Kubernetes explained by role
Kubernetes supports a wide range of responsibilities across engineering, operations, and leadership teams. Each role interacts with Kubernetes in different ways—understanding these perspectives helps teams collaborate effectively and make informed decisions.
Explore role-based views of Kubernetes:
- Decision makers
- Platform engineers
- Software engineers
- DBAs
- Site reliability engineers
- Security engineers
- Cloud architects
- Operations and support teams
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For cloud architects
Learn how cloud architects leverage Kubernetes to design scalable, portable, and resilient cloud-native architectures.
For DBAs
Learn how database administrators (DBAs) interact with Kubernetes to run, manage, and monitor database services.
For decision makers
Learn how decision makers and business leaders evaluate Kubernetes and its role in modern cloud-native strategies.
For operations and support teams
Learn how operations and support teams interact with Kubernetes to monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot production environments.
For platform engineers
Learn how platform engineers use Kubernetes to design, manage, and operate modern cloud-native platforms.
For security engineers
Learn how security engineers manage and improve the security posture of Kubernetes platforms and workloads.
For software engineers
Learn how software engineers interact with Kubernetes to build, deploy, and operate modern applications.
For SREs
Learn how site reliability engineers (SREs) interact with Kubernetes to ensure availability, reliability, and performance of services.
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