Lead Engineer Managed Kubernetes

We are looking for aLead Engineer Kubernetes Platformwith extensive platform engineering experience in designing building automating and operating cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will have deepexpertisein Kubernetes cloud-native technologies and platform automation with a strong focus on reliability scalability security and operational excellence. This role will provide technical leadership in evolving our Kubernetes platform across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

Required Skills

• Strong software development experience inGo (Golang).

• Extensive hands-on experience designing administering andoperatingKubernetes platforms including cluster provisioning configuration upgrades troubleshooting and production operations.

• Strong experience running Kubernetes on public cloud platforms. Experience withGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)andGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)is preferred; equivalent experience with AWS Azure or other public cloud platforms is also acceptable.

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and networking including CNI plugins ingress controllers services network policies load balancing traffic routing and service connectivity.

• Experience withInfrastructure as Code (IaC)and Kubernetes deployment tools such asTerraformHelm andKustomize.

• Experience implementingGitOpspractices using tools such asArgo CDand/orFlux.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD automation and modern software delivery practices for Kubernetes platforms.

• Experience with observability solutions including metrics logging monitoring alerting distributed tracing and platform reliability.

• Experience administering Linux operating systems andoptimizingcontainer host environments.

• Experience with Kubernetes storage technologies including CSI drivers Persistent Volumes (PV) Persistent Volume Claims (PVC) Storage ClassesStatefulSets and disaster recovery strategies.

• Strong automation-first mindset with experience managing infrastructure and platform services as code using version controlGitOps and Infrastructure as Code practices.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design build automate andoperateKubernetes platform services across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

• Develop platform tooling controllers and automation using Go (Golang).

• Design implement and manageGitOpsand CI/CD workflows to automate application and infrastructure deployments across multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.

• Manageoptimize and scale Kubernetes clusters including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and the supporting cloud infrastructure.

• Drive platform observability reliability security resiliency and operational excellence.

• Lead platform initiatives including Kubernetes upgrades cluster migrations networking enhancements storage architecture scalability improvements and platform modernization.

• Define platform architecture engineering standards and long-term technical strategy.

• Partner with engineering teams to deliver secure scalable resilient and self-service cloud-native platform capabilities.

• Serve as a technical subject matter expert mentor engineers and influence engineering best practices across teams.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define platform roadmaps and balance product requirements with long-term platform sustainability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

• 10 years of experience in software engineering cloud engineering platform engineering infrastructure engineering ora related field.