Kubernetes Platform ArchitectKubernetes Platform Architect

Job Description

Job Description

Kubernetes Platform Architect
Plano, TX

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
" 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, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, ConfigMaps, 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 GitOps-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)

Nice to Have Certification:
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
AWS Solutions Architect Professional / Associate

Roles & Responsibilities
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 GitOps 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 DevOps teams to onboard and support cloud-native applications.
" Establish governance, tenancy models, operational automation, and cost optimization practices across multiple Kubernetes clusters.
" Provide architectural leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to platform engineering and operations teams.
" Evaluate emerging Kubernetes ecosystem technologies and drive continuous platform modernization initiatives.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any
" Product Strategy, Roadmap Development, and Cross-Functional Stakeholder Leadership
" Experience in driving continuous improvement including design, and standardization of process and methodologies.
" Experience assessing feasibility, complexity and scope of new capabilities and solutions.
" Cross-functional stakeholder collaboration and communication.
" Understanding of Agile methodologies and collaboration with global business and product teams.