Kubernetes Networking Platform Senior Engineer

Job Summary

Leads the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise Kubernetes networking capabilities, including ingress, service mesh, DNS, and traffic management.

This role focuses on building a secure, scalable, and observable platform that enables seamless service communication. The candidate will contribute to a modern platform engineering approach with a strong focus on automation, DevOps, and reliability.

Candidate Profile

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
• 6+ years of experience, including:
  • 3+ years in platform/infrastructure engineering
  • 3+ years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong Kubernetes expertise:
  • Networking fundamentals (CNI, service discovery, load balancing)
  • Kubernetes primitives (Services, Ingress, NetworkPolicy)
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Ingress/Gateway controllers (NGINX, ALB, etc.)
  • Service mesh (Istio, Cilium)
  • DNS systems (CoreDNS, External DNS)
• Experience with distributed systems (high availability, resiliency)
• Strong troubleshooting and automation skills
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, GitOps workflows

Preferred

• Programming skills (Go, Python, Java)
• Deep understanding of L4/L7 networking and traffic routing
• Experience with mTLS, zero-trust networking
• Service mesh at scale
• Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Experience driving platform adoption and best practices

Core Responsibilities

Platform Engineering

• Design and operate Kubernetes networking (ingress, service mesh, DNS)
• Develop self-service networking solutions for application teams
• Implement traffic strategies (canary, blue/green, failover)
• Ensure secure communication using policies and mTLS
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, and performance
• Troubleshoot complex distributed systems

Operations & Reliability

• Participate in on-call rotation
• Support monitoring, logging, and observability tools
• Implement security controls (OPA, Vault, IAM)
• Support disaster recovery and system upgrades
• Analyze metrics and logs to drive improvements

Collaboration & Leadership

• Participate in architecture discussions
• Mentor junior engineers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, cloud, security)
• Contribute to engineering standards and documentation