Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer

<p>We are seeking a <strong>Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer</strong> to join our global infrastructure team to lead the architecture, strategy, and evolution of our cloud-native platform across public cloud and on-premises environments. This role serves as the organization's technical authority for Kubernetes, platform engineering, automation, and cloud infrastructure, driving platform scalability, reliability, security, and developer experience.</p> <p>The Principal Engineer will work across infrastructure, application development, security, and operations teams to establish standards, guide architecture decisions, and deliver highly automated self-service platforms supporting mission-critical workloads.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <p><strong>Platform Architecture & Strategy</strong></p> <ul> <li>Define and maintain the Kubernetes platform roadmap and cloud-native strategy.</li> <li>Architect multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting enterprise-scale workloads.</li> <li>Establish platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and operational best practices.</li> <li>Evaluate emerging technologies and provide technical guidance on platform modernization initiatives.</li> <li>Lead technical decision-making for container orchestration, platform automation, and cloud infrastructure investments.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Kubernetes Platform Engineering</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design, deploy, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms using EKS, AKS, GKE, Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, or equivalent technologies.</li> <li>Define cluster lifecycle management processes including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and decommissioning.</li> <li>Architect multi-tenant Kubernetes environments with strong isolation, governance, and compliance controls.</li> <li>Design Kubernetes networking architectures leveraging Cilium, Calico, service mesh technologies, and eBPF-based observability.</li> <li>Establish cluster security baselines and platform governance standards.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Infrastructure Automation & Platform as Code</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code and GitOps methodologies across engineering teams.</li> <li>Develop reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and platform automation frameworks.</li> <li>Design self-service provisioning capabilities for Kubernetes clusters, environments, and application onboarding.</li> <li>Implement Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and automation frameworks to eliminate operational toil.</li> <li>Define platform engineering patterns enabling rapid and c