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The Architect of Kubernetes, Cloud Platform Engineering will lead engineering delivery and operations to design, deploy, and scale containerized platforms and CI/CD ecosystems. This role defines the Kubernetes platform architecture and acts as a hands-on engineer to turn vision into reality. Supported by a team of engineers, the ideal candidate has led large scale Platform-as-a-Service solutions and excels at setting technical direction while breaking delivery into actionable components.
Job Responsibility:
Full ownership of the Kubernetes platform lifecycle – Provisioning, automation and modernization
Operationally responsible for enterprise Kubernetes platform, serving in oncall rotation and as an escalation point of contact for any platform outages
Experience designing and deploying Kubernetes clusters (e.g., OpenShift, EKS, AKS, GKE) from scratch using GitOps and automation
Proficiency in automating cluster provisioning and configuration using Terraform
Ability to configure control plane components, including networking (CNI), storage classes, RBAC, and pod security policies
Experience implementing multi-tenancy, namespace isolation, and resource quotas
Hands-on experience with Helm chart development and Kubernetes Operators
Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) for traffic routing, mTLS, and workload observability
Proven ability to modernize application platforms to support container-based microservices
Experience building CI/CD pipelines integrated with Kubernetes, including GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)
Ownership of cluster lifecycle management, including upgrades, patching, backup/restore, and disaster recovery
Integration of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry) at the platform level
Implementation of platform-level security controls, including policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper), secrets management (Vault), and IAM governance
Ability to enable developer self-service through platform tooling and automation
Experience supporting high-availability and fault-tolerant infrastructure for mission-critical workloads
Serve as technical lead for a team of the Kubernetes engineers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative environment
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as software engineers, system administrators, and security teams, to ensure the alignment of security requirements throughout the development process
Deploy, automate, maintain, and manage cloud infrastructure to ensure security, performance, and availability of production systems
Code solutions to continuously improve products and solutions to be scalable and highly available
Review issues logs and metrics to identify trends and solutions that should be implemented
Maintain in-depth documentation of activities and system configuration
Perform troubleshooting, resolution, and problem analysis
Participate in architectural discussions to help Application Teams make the most efficient choices
Leads the "big picture" of challenges impacting the customer experience, including the technical, functional, and process considerations, and creatively defines the D&O strategy to address those challenges
Develops and communicates a point of view on complex technical topics
Aligns multiple domains, both technical and non-technical, on this common vision
Creates and articulates an innovative and compelling value proposition so that MI executives clearly realize the benefits and transformational value of automation
Interviews talent, provides peer reviews/feedback frequently and fosters a modern engineering culture
Functions as a strategic senior technical expert within the department
Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work
Champions leaders’ vision for product and service delivery
Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to promote feature completion
Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems
Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement new products, features and enhancements
Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams
Provides and helps implement recommendations to improve the effectiveness of solutions, processes and products
Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes
Applies knowledge/judgment to resolve problems and achieve business goals
Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job
Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position
Requirements:
Undergraduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification
8+ years of progressive technology experience with a blend of deep technical knowledge and a customer-focused mindset
5+ years in an engineering role as a strategic thinker that relates technology solutions to customer use cases
4+ years’ experience with Public Cloud technology stacks such as AWS, Azure, GCP or Alibaba
4+ years’ experience with containers – Kubernetes solution design, deployment, management and orchestration across multi-cloud environment
5+ years’ experience driving highly technical architecture, and driving outcomes with automation and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Helm
3+ years’ experience building and operating CI/CD – build, deploy, release automation through pipelines
Delivery focused with experience in Kanban
Nice to have:
Ability to design end-to-end architecture that supports 99.99% service availability with performance and cost considerations
Familiarity with distributed systems such as Kafka, Couchbase, Cassandra, etc.
Familiarity with Go, Rust and/or Python
Exposure to Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, or Consul Connect
Excellent technical knowledge of current & emerging infrastructure systems & standards
Strong knowledge of the best available tools, software, applications, and systems for attaining best-in-class technology platforms across the enterprise
Ability to create constructive relationships, influence, and communicate (to product team, engineering management, and non-technical staff)