Kubernetes Platform Engineer / Architect

Key Responsibilities

Kubernetes Platform Architecture

• Design and implement enterprise Kubernetes platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.

• Define platform standards, governance controls, and architectural best practices.

• Build scalable, resilient, and highly available Kubernetes clusters.

• Develop container platform roadmaps aligned with cloud strategy.

• Establish multi-cluster and multi-region Kubernetes architectures.

• Support application modernization and cloud-native transformation initiatives.

Kubernetes Administration & Operations

• Deploy, upgrade, patch, and manage Kubernetes clusters.

• Perform cluster lifecycle management and capacity planning.

• Optimize cluster performance, resource utilization, and availability.

• Configure namespaces, RBAC, network policies, storage classes, and quota management.

• Troubleshoot complex platform, networking, storage, and container issues.

• Ensure platform reliability and operational excellence.

Containerization & Cloud-Native Solutions

• Design and implement containerized application environments.

• Support Docker and OCI-compliant container technologies.

• Develop best practices for:

  • Container security

  • Container lifecycle management

  • Image management

  • Registry management

• Enable microservices architecture adoption.

• Support modern cloud-native application deployments.

Platform Automation

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices.

• Automate Kubernetes provisioning and configuration management.

• Develop reusable deployment templates and platform services.

• Build self-service capabilities for development teams.

• Automate platform monitoring, compliance, and operational processes.

Tools:

• Terraform

• Ansible

• Helm

• ArgoCD

• FluxCD

• GitHub Actions

• Azure DevOps

DevOps & CI/CD Enablement

• Design and support CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes workloads.

• Integrate Kubernetes with enterprise DevOps toolchains.

• Support continuous deployment and release automation.

• Improve deployment speed, reliability, and application availability.

• Establish standardized deployment frameworks.

Platforms:

• Azure DevOps

• GitHub Enterprise

• Jenkins

• GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes Security

• Implement Kubernetes security best practices and governance controls.

• Configure and manage:

  • RBAC

  • Pod Security Standards

  • Network Policies

  • Secrets Management

  • Service Mesh Security

• Integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.

• Support Zero Trust architecture initiatives.

• Conduct platform security assessments and remediation activities.

Security Technologies:

• HashiCorp Vault

• Aqua Security

• Prisma Cloud

• Microsoft Defender for Containers

• Trivy

• Falco

Service Mesh & Traffic Management

• Design and support service mesh implementations.

• Configure traffic routing, ingress controllers, and API gateways.

• Implement secure service-to-service communication.

• Enable application observability and resilience patterns.

Technologies:

• Istio

• Linkerd

• NGINX Ingress

• Kong

• Ambassador

Monitoring & Observability

• Build enterprise observability solutions for Kubernetes platforms.

• Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting.

• Define SLOs, SLIs, and platform health metrics.

• Support Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.

Monitoring Tools:

• Prometheus

• Grafana

• ELK Stack

• OpenTelemetry

• Datadog

• Splunk

• Dynatrace

Cloud Platform Integration

• Integrate Kubernetes with public cloud platforms.

• Design and manage managed Kubernetes services.

Cloud Platforms:

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Amazon EKS

• Google GKE

Preferred expertise in AKS due to Azure cloud strategy.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as the Kubernetes subject matter expert.

• Provide technical leadership and architecture guidance.

• Mentor platform engineers and DevOps teams.

• Collaborate with application development, cloud, and security teams.

• Participate in architecture reviews and technology governance forums.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.

• Master's Degree preferred.

Experience

• 10-15+ years of overall IT experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes administration and platform engineering.

• Experience managing large-scale production Kubernetes environments.

• Experience implementing enterprise platform engineering practices.

• Strong experience supporting mission-critical applications.

Required Technical Skills

Kubernetes Ecosystem

• Kubernetes (K8s)

• Docker

• Helm

• Kustomize

• CRDs

• Operators

• Kubernetes Networking

• Kubernetes Security

• Service Mesh

Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• AWS EKS

• Google GKE

Infrastructure Automation

• Terraform

• Ansible

• PowerShell

• Python

• Bash

GitOps & CI/CD

• ArgoCD

• FluxCD

• Azure DevOps

• GitHub Actions

• Jenkins

Monitoring & Logging

• Prometheus

• Grafana

• OpenTelemetry

• ELK Stack

• Splunk

• Dynatrace

Networking

• TCP/IP

• DNS

• Ingress Controllers

• Service Mesh

• Load Balancers

• Network Policies

• API Gateways

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor manufacturing or high-tech enterprise environments.

• Experience supporting engineering and R&D workloads.

• Experience with AI/ML platform deployments on Kubernetes.

• Experience implementing platform engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP).

• Familiarity with OpenShift and Rancher environments.

• Experience with GPU-based Kubernetes workloads.

• Knowledge of FinOps and Kubernetes cost optimization.

Preferred Certifications

Required

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Preferred

• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

• HashiCorp Terraform Associate