Remote Platform Network Engineer – Service Mesh Kubernetes

Bright Vision Technologies; Wildwood (MO); Remote; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Service Mesh Engineer to design, deploy, and operate Istio/Linkerd-based platforms across our Kubernetes estate. You will focus on platform engineering, mesh adoption, mTLS, traffic policy, and enabling application teams to reap the benefits of a mesh without added complexity.

The ideal candidate has production experience with service mesh, deep Envoy knowledge, and strong Go or Python tooling skills, plus excellent collaboration and communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or networking.
• 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 (Istio/Linkerd) across Kubernetes estates.
• Focus on platform engineering, mesh adoption, and secure traffic policies.
• Enable application teams to reap mesh benefits with minimal complexity.
• Develop tooling to improve observability, tracing, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive adoption and performance.

Skills

Platform engineering

SRE experience

Networking

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Istio

Linkerd

Envoy

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Service Mesh Engineer to design, deploy, and operate Istio/Linkerd-based platforms across our Kubernetes estate. You will focus on platform engineering, mesh adoption, mTLS, traffic policy, and enabling application teams to reap the benefits of a mesh without added complexity.

The ideal candidate has production experience with service mesh, deep Envoy knowledge, and strong Go or Python tooling skills, plus excellent collaboration and communication