Kubernetes Networking Platform Engineer

MRoads LLC
United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$135,200.0 - $156,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering Microsoft Azure Computer Networks Distributed Systems Domain Name System (DNS) Uptime Networking Basics Nginx Service Discovery Google Cloud Load Balancing
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Istio Kubernetes Low Latency

Requirements

Do you have experience in System troubleshooting?, · 6+ years of technology experience, including: o 3+ years in a platform, infrastructure, or systems engineering role o 3+ years working with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Strong experience with Kubernetes, including: o Networking fundamentals (CNI, service discovery, load balancing) o Kubernetes networking primitives (Services, Ingress, NetworkPolicy)

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes networking components, such as: o Gateway and Ingress controllers (e.g., kgateway, NGINX, ALB, or similar) o Service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Cilium, or similar) o DNS systems (CoreDNS, External DNS, or enterprise DNS integration)

· Experience designing and operating highly available, distributed systems (99.99% uptime) with attention to latency, resiliency, and failure modes · Strong troubleshooting skills across layers (application, network, infrastructure), * Kubernetes networking : 3 years (Required)

  • AWS/Azure/GCP: 3 years (Required)
  • kgateway, NGINX, ALB, or similar: 3 years (Required)
  • Istio, Cilium, or similar: 3 years (Required)

Benefits & conditions

$65 - $75 an hour - Full-time, Contract

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