Principal Deployment & Production Reliability Architect

Connect Tech+Talent; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Tech+Talent in Foster City, CA is seeking a Principal Deployment & Production Reliability Architect to lead secure and automated deployment practices for production environments using Harness, Kubernetes, and GitOps.

The role demands hands-on expertise in Harness CI/CD, Continuous Verification, Argo Rollouts, Helm, Docker, and cloud infrastructure, along with strong DevSecOps controls and security gates within pipelines.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant experience in deployment and reliability.
• Hands-on Harness CI/CD and Continuous Verification expertise.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes administration and production operations.
• Experience with GitOps and cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Canary, Blue-Green, and progressive delivery strategies.
• DevSecOps controls and security gates in deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using Harness.
• Implement security gates and DevSecOps controls in deployment processes.
• Administer production Kubernetes environments and deployments.
• Develop Harness CV capabilities for deployment health validation.
• Implement Canary, Blue-Green, and progressive delivery strategies.
• Manage Argo Rollouts, Analysis Templates, Runs, and automated promotion/rollback.
• Develop Helm charts and Kubernetes resources (Deployments, Services, Ingress, CronJobs).
• Enable automated rollback and deployment verification.
• Support Docker containerization and GitOps-based deployments.
• Troubleshoot Linux systems and production deployment issues.
• Apply Kubernetes security practices, RBAC, and access controls.
• Address container security, vulnerability management, and cloud networking.

Skills

Harness CI/CD & CV

Kubernetes administration

GitOps workflows

AWS Cloud infrastructure

Security best practices

Education

None

Tools

Argo Rollouts

Helm

Docker

Terraform

Istio/Linkerd

Job description

Principal Deployment & Production Reliability Architect

Full-time

8–10 years

Position Overview

The Principal Deployment & Production Reliability Architect will lead the design and implementation of secure, reliable,

and automated deployment practices for production environments. The role requires strong hands‑on expertise in Harness CI/CD and Continuous Verification, Kubernetes administration, progressive delivery strategies, GitOps, cloud infrastructure, and production reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD and deployment pipelines using Harness.

Implement DevSecOps controls and integrate security gates into deployment pipelines.

Administer Kubernetes environments, including production cluster management and deployment operations.

Build and manage Harness Continuous Verification (CV) capabilities for deployment health validation.

Implement Canary, Blue-Green, Progressive Delivery, and traffic-splitting strategies.

Configure and manage Argo Rollouts, Analysis Templates and Runs, Experiments, automated promotion and rollback,

and deployment health validation.

Develop and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes resources, including Deployments, Services, Ingress, and CronJobs.

Implement automated rollback mechanisms and deployment verification processes.

Support Docker containerization and GitOps-based deployment workflows.

Troubleshoot Linux systems and production deployment issues.

Apply Kubernetes security practices, secrets management, RBAC, and access controls.

Address container security, vulnerability management, cloud networking, load balancing, and ingress requirements.

Required Technical Skills

DevSecOps controls and security integration within CI/CD pipelines.

Harness CD, CI/CD pipeline development, and Harness Continuous Verification (CV).

Kubernetes administration, deployment, and production cluster management.

Canary, Blue-Green, Progressive Delivery, and traffic-splitting strategies.

Argo Rollouts, including Rollouts, Analysis Templates and Runs, Experiments, automated promotion/rollback, and deployment health validation.

Helm Charts and Kubernetes objects: Deployments, Services, Ingress, and CronJobs.

Automated rollback and deployment verification.

Principal Deployment & Production Reliability Architect

Docker containerization and GitOps-based deployment processes.

Linux administration and troubleshooting.

AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes security.

Secrets Management, RBAC, and Access Controls.

Container security and vulnerability management.

Security gates, cloud networking, load balancing, and ingress.

Preferred Skills

AWS/EKS platform experience.

Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Service mesh technologies such as Istio and Linkerd.

Prometheus and Grafana integration for deployment validation.

Compliance and security governance frameworks.

Experience and Work Arrangement

8–10 years of relevant professional experience.

One onsite position based in Foster City, California.

Key Areas of Expertise

Harness CI/CD and Continuous Verification

Kubernetes and EKS production operations

Argo Rollouts and progressive delivery

DevSecOps and container security

GitOps, Helm, and Docker

AWS infrastructure and production reliability

Automated deployment validation and rollback