Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer
Core
Lead the architecture, strategy, and evolution of a global cloud-native Kubernetes platform across public cloud and on-premises environments, serving as the organization's technical authority for platform scalability, reliability, and security.
Role type
Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (Platform Engineering)
Builds
Enterprise-scale multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting mission-critical workloads
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering / Kubernetes
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes internals (control plane, scheduling, networking, storage, security), Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), GitOps (Argo CD, Flux), Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd), eBPF/CNI (Cilium), Programming (Go, Python), Platform automation (Operators, Controllers)
Preferred skills
Internal Developer Platforms (IDP), Crossplane, Backstage, OpenTelemetry, Software supply chain security, Regulated environment experience
Technologies
EKS, AKS, GKE, Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, Cilium, Calico, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, Portworx, CSI drivers, OpenEBS, Argo CD, Flux, Fleet, Istio, Linkerd, Consul, Terraform, Helm
Responsibilities
Define and maintain the Kubernetes platform roadmap and cloud-native strategy; Architect multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms; Establish platform engineering standards and operational best practices; Design, deploy, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms; Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code and GitOps methodologies; Establish cluster security baselines and platform governance standards; Define enterprise observability standards and platform reliability objectives; Serve as the highest-level Kubernetes and platform engineering subject matter expert
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
