Remote Cloud Networking Engineer - Istio/Linkerd Expert

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United States

On-site

USD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Cloud Networking Engineer for a 100% remote role in the U.S. The engineer will design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms (Istio and Linkerd) across our Kubernetes estate, focusing on mTLS, traffic policy, and platform engineering discipline.

Strong production experience with Istio/Linkerd and Envoy, plus Go or Python tooling, is required. The role emphasizes collaboration with application teams to maximize mesh benefits while avoiding unnecessary

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Five or more years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or networking roles.
Hands‑on experience operating Istio or Linkerd in production.
Strong understanding of Envoy proxy internals and configuration.
Deep Kubernetes expertise including networking, CNI, and ingress.
Strong understanding of mTLS, PKI, and certificate lifecycle management.
Experience with distributed tracing and observability for mesh traffic.
Proficiency in Go or Python for tooling and automation.
Strong troubleshooting skills across networking, application, and control plane layers.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms across Kubernetes estates.
Focus on platform engineering, mesh adoption, and mTLS policy implementation.
Collaborate with application teams to reap mesh benefits without unnecessary complexity.
Troubleshoot networking, control plane, and data plane issues across clusters.