Kubernetes Architect
saxon globalChicago, IL
Position: Kubernetes Architect
Location: Remote
Duration: Full time
Job Description
Essential Skills & Qualifications:
8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.4+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience, including deep knowledge of the Kubernetes API, internals, networking, and storage. Proficiency in writing Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and custom Kubernetes controllers/operators (preferably in Go).Proven experience designing cloud-native systems that scale globally (multi-region, multi-cloud or hybrid setups).Experience with serverless technologies (Knative, OpenFaaS, AWS Lambda, etc.) in a production environment. Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux), service meshes, policy engines (OPA/Gatekeeper), and CI/CD pipelines. Deep understanding of security, compliance, and resilience in containerized workloads.
Additional/Preferred Qualifications:
Contributions to Kubernetes open-source projects or CNCF-related tooling. Experience with service mesh design (Istio, Linkerd).Familiarity with eBPF, Cilium, or network-level observability.
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