Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer — Multi-Cloud & GitOps

Mastercard; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 122,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer to shape the strategy, architecture, and evolution of its enterprise container platform across AWS and Azure.

You will guide platform automation, GitOps adoption with Argo CD, and drive reliability, security, and scalable delivery for global applications, mentoring engineers and partnering with Architecture, Security, and SRE teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes, EKS, Azure AKS, container orchestration, and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong hands-on experience with Argo CD, GitOps methodologies, ApplicationSets, and multi-cluster management.
• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes networking, ingress architectures, Gateway API, and traffic management.
• Expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation technologies including CDK, Bicep, Helm, and CI/CD tooling.
• Experience implementing progressive delivery strategies utilizing Argo Rollouts, Flagger, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of observability, policy management, security controls, and Kubernetes ecosystem tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement enterprise Kubernetes platform capabilities across AWS and Azure.
• Define platform standards for cluster lifecycle, networking, security, observability, and resiliency.
• Drive long-term technical vision and roadmap for multi-cloud Kubernetes.
• Champion cloud-native design patterns and engineering best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

EKS

AKS

GitOps

Argo CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

CI/CD tooling

Observability

Security

Tools

CDK

Bicep

Helm

Argo Rollouts

Job description

Mastercard seeks a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer to shape the strategy, architecture, and evolution of its enterprise container platform across AWS and Azure.

You will guide platform automation, GitOps adoption with Argo CD, and drive reliability, security, and scalable delivery for global applications, mentoring engineers and partnering with Architecture, Security, and SRE teams.