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What Well Bring:
Platform Architecture & Design
Architect and design enterprisegrade container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes OpenShift or cloud-managed services (AKS/EKS/GKE).
Develop reference architectures deployment blueprints and standards for microservices containers and platform operations.
Lead modernization initiatives including migration of legacy applications to containerized environments.
Infrastructure & Automation
Design and implement automated CI/CD pipelines integrating container build test security scanning and deployment workflows.
Define infrastructure-as-code (IaC) standards using Terraform Helm Ansible or similar tools.
Develop strategies for cluster lifecycle management upgrades scaling and resource optimization.
Security Governance and Compliance
Define security controls for containerized workloads including runtime security network policies RBAC secrets management and image governance.
Implement compliance frameworks (e.g. CIS Benchmarks for Kubernetes).
Partner with InfoSec teams to drive secure-by-design practices.
Reliability & Observability
Develop SRE-aligned architectures focusing on availability performance and selfhealing.
Define logging monitoring tracing and alerting standards using tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK OpenTelemetry and Datadog.
Establish DR backup and multi-cluster disaster recovery strategies.
Collaboration & Technical Leadership
Provide architectural guidance to development teams adopting container-native patterns.
Conduct technical reviews mentoring and knowledge-sharing workshops.
Evaluate new technologies from CNCF landscape and recommend adoption strategies.
What Youll Bring:
- 10 years of experience in IT with 4 years in Kubernetes/container platform architecture.
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes internals control plane networking ingress storage and service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
- Hands-on experience with at least one cloud:Azure AWS or Google Cloud.
- Proficiency with IaC (Terraform Helm Kustomize) CI/CD tools and GitOps (ArgoCD Flux).
- Strong understanding of distributed systems microservices patterns and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with container security tools (Aqua Prisma Anchore Trivy).
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications: CKA CKAD CKS Red Hat OpenShift Architect Azure/AWS/GCP Architect.
- Experience with hybrid cloud/onprem orchestration (OpenShift Rancher VMware Tanzu).
- Knowledge of cost optimization and FinOps for container platforms.
- Experience designing highthroughput mission-critical enterprise systems.
Impact Youll Make:
NA
This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
TransUnion Job Title
Architect Software Development