Job Description
Position: Kubernetes Platform Architect
Experience: 10+ Years
Primary Skill: Kubernetes / Platform Engineering
Cloud Preference: AWS
Role Overview
The Kubernetes Platform Architect will provide technical leadership for designing, implementing, and operating enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms. The role focuses on platform architecture, lifecycle automation, security, observability, resilience, and multi-cluster strategy.
Must-Have Skills
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10+ years of Infrastructure, Cloud, or Platform Engineering experience.
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5+ years of hands-on experience with deep expertise in Kubernetes.
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5+ years of Kubernetes architecture experience.
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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is mandatory.
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Strong platform engineering experience with Kubernetes, rather than application development on Kubernetes.
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Strong Kubernetes architecture knowledge including control plane, worker nodes, API Server, etcd, resource lifecycle management, and reconciliation patterns.
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Strong experience with Cluster API (CAPI) for cluster provisioning, scaling, upgrades, lifecycle management, and infrastructure automation.
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7+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes workloads including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and container lifecycle operations.
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Strong Kubernetes networking experience including CNI, CoreDNS, Ingress Controllers, Gateway API, Load Balancers, Service Discovery, and Network Policies.
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Experience with GitOps using Flux, Helm, Kustomize, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
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Strong Kubernetes security experience including RBAC, Service Accounts, Secrets Management, certificate management, and policy enforcement.
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Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus and Grafana, including centralized logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance management.
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Experience with persistent storage including CSI drivers, Storage Classes, PV/PVC administration, and stateful workloads.
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Experience designing disaster recovery, backup/restore, high availability, and resilient Kubernetes platforms.
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Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes clusters, nodes, networking, workloads, scheduling, storage, authentication, and infrastructure.
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Strong AWS cloud experience with Kubernetes platforms.
Roles & Responsibilities
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Architect, design, and govern enterprise Kubernetes platforms supporting mission-critical applications.
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Define Kubernetes reference architectures, platform standards, operational models, and lifecycle processes.
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Lead cluster provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and decommissioning using Cluster API and automation frameworks.
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Design secure, highly available, scalable multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
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Establish GitOps practices for configuration management and deployment automation.
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Drive Kubernetes security, RBAC governance, secrets management, admission controls, and policy enforcement.
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Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
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Develop capacity planning, workload scheduling, placement, and resource optimization strategies.
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Lead RCA and resolution of complex platform, networking, storage, security, and availability issues.
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Design and validate Kubernetes backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
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Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams.
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Establish governance, tenancy models, automation, and cost optimization across Kubernetes clusters.
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Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to platform engineering teams.
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Evaluate emerging Kubernetes technologies and drive platform modernization.
Nice to Have
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Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) experience.
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Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
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AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional.