Kubernetes Platform Architect: Lead Multi-Cluster Scale

Realign Llc; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Realign Llc in Plano, Texas seeks a Senior Kubernetes Platform Architect to lead enterprise Kubernetes platforms, automation, security governance, and multi-cluster strategy for scalable cloud-native ecosystems.

You will design reference architectures, drive lifecycle management, and lead provisioning with Cluster API while mentoring platform teams to ensure resilience and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• CKA certification required.
• Experience with multi-cluster platform architectures.
• Strong background in Kubernetes security, RBAC and policy enforcement.
• Experience with disaster recovery and high availability strategies.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and govern enterprise Kubernetes platforms.
• Define Kubernetes reference architectures and lifecycle management processes.
• Lead cluster provisioning, upgrades, and scaling with Cluster API and automation frameworks.
• Design secure, highly available, multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Establish GitOps practices for configuration management and deployment automation.
• Drive platform security initiatives including RBAC governance and secrets management.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for platform health.
• Develop capacity planning, scheduling, and resource optimization strategies.
• Lead root cause analysis of complex platform, networking, storage, and cluster issues.
• Design and validate backup, DR, and business continuity solutions for Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with development, security, and DevOps teams to onboard cloud-native applications.

Skills

Kubernetes architecture

Cluster API (CAPI)

Kubernetes workload management

Kubernetes networking

GitOps (Flux, Helm, Kustomize)

Infrastructure-as-Code

Kubernetes security

Observability

Storage (CSI, PV/PVC)

Disaster recovery & HA

Troubleshooting Kubernetes

Tools

Flux

Helm

Kustomize

Terraform

Job description

Realign Llc in Plano, Texas seeks a Senior Kubernetes Platform Architect to lead enterprise Kubernetes platforms, automation, security governance, and multi-cluster strategy for scalable cloud-native ecosystems.

You will design reference architectures, drive lifecycle management, and lead provisioning with Cluster API while mentoring platform teams to ensure resilience and operational excellence.