Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer

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 asTerraform,Helm, 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 Classes,StatefulSets, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Strong automation-first mindset with experience managing infrastructure and platform services as code using version control,GitOps, 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.

• Manage,optimize, 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

• Bachelor's 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.