Software Architect for Kubernetes

Software Architect – Kubernetes

As a Software Architect – Kubernetes, you will be responsible for designing and evolving cloud-native platform solutions that enable scalable, secure, and highly available applications. Working independently within the project, you will provide technical leadership while driving architecture decisions and implementation of Kubernetes-based solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the architecture of Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native applications.
• Design and implement Kubernetes Operators using Go to automate complex application lifecycle management.
• Architect, design, and develop scalable, secure, and maintainable APIs following modern software architecture principles.
• Develop internal platform tooling and command-line utilities in Go and Python to streamline deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational excellence.
• Design and implement Kubernetes integrations with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and DevOps automation.
• Establish architecture standards, best practices, and governance for Kubernetes platform adoption across engineering teams.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, application developers, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to define technical roadmaps and solution architectures.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem technologies to continuously improve platform capabilities.
• Lead technical investigations, incident analysis, and root cause analysis for complex Kubernetes platform issues.
• Drive implementation of automated quality controls, security checks, and platform validation processes.
• Produce architectural documentation, technical designs, and support knowledge transfer across engineering teams.

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native application design.
• Strong expertise in software design patterns, architecture principles, and API design.
• Proven experience designing and developing scalable RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Advanced programming skills in Go and Python.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, Controllers, CRDs, Operators, admission controllers, and custom resources.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes Operator SDK, Kubebuilder, or equivalent operator frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Helm, Kustomize, GitOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes observability, including monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes security best practices and platform hardening.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to mentor engineering teams and provide architectural guidance.

Originally posted on Himalayas