Kubernetes Platform Architect

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience and deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, including control plane, worker nodes, API server, etcd, resource lifecycle management, and reconciliation patterns.
• 10+ years of Infrastructure, Cloud, or Platform Engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Cluster API (CAPI) for Kubernetes cluster provisioning, scaling, upgrades, lifecycle management, and infrastructure automation.
• 7 + years of hands‑on experience and advanced knowledge of Kubernetes workload management including Pods, Deployments, Stateful Sets, Daemon Sets, Jobs, Config Maps, Secrets, and container lifecycle operations.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes networking including CNI, CoreDNS, Ingress Controllers, Gateway API, Load Balancers, Service Discovery, and Network Policies.
• Experience implementing Git Ops‑based deployment models using Flux, Helm, Kustomize, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes security, RBAC, Service Accounts, Secrets Management, certificate management, and policy enforcement frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, centralized logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance management.
• Experience with persistent storage technologies including CSI drivers, Storage Classes, PV/PVC administration, and stateful workload management.
• Proven experience implementing disaster recovery, backup/restore strategies, high availability architectures, and platform resilience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes clusters, nodes, networking, workloads, scheduling, storage, authentication, and infrastructure components.

Must-have Certification: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Nice to Have

Experience:

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)

• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional / Associate

The Kubernetes Platform Architect will serve as the technical leader responsible for defining and operating enterprise‑scale Kubernetes platforms. This role combines platform architecture, lifecycle automation, security governance, observability, and multi‑cluster strategy to deliver a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud‑native ecosystem that accelerates application delivery and operational excellence.

• Architect, design, and govern enterprise Kubernetes platforms supporting mission‑critical applications.
• Define Kubernetes reference architectures, platform standards, operational models, and lifecycle management processes.
• Lead cluster provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and decommissioning using Cluster API and automation frameworks.
• Design and implement secure, highly available, and scalable multi‑cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Establish Git Ops practices for configuration management, deployment automation, and platform consistency.
• Drive platform security initiatives including RBAC governance, secrets management, admission controls, policy enforcement, and compliance standards.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions to ensure platform health and operational excellence.
• Develop capacity planning, scheduling, workload placement, and resource optimization strategies.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex platform, networking, storage, security, and cluster availability issues.
• Design and validate backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions for Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and Dev Ops teams to onboard and support cloud‑native applications.
• Establish governance, tenancy models, operational automation, and cost optimization practices…