Senior Kubernetes Engineer: Hybrid Cloud, GitOps & CI/CD

Nintendo of America Inc; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 96,128 - 172,985; Full time

Job summary

Nintendo Technology Development in Redmond, WA is seeking an experienced Kubernetes infrastructure engineer to audit, design, and manage production-grade cluster environments across on‑premise and cloud platforms.

You will implement Terraform-based deployments, standardized automated workflows, and GitOps pipelines using ArgoCD, FluxCD, Spinnaker, and related tools, while mentoring teammates and driving best practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience with at least 5 years in production Kubernetes infra.
• Deep Kubernetes architecture knowledge: Pods, Deployments, RBAC, API server.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Terraform for Kubernetes clusters; Helm or Kustomize for releases.
• GitOps tools: ArgoCD, FluxCD, Spinnaker, Kargo, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
• Docker and container runtimes like containerd; Linux networking fundamentals.
• Service mesh experience: Istio/Linkerd/Cilium Service Mesh with mTLS and Envoy.
• Programming in Go, Python, or C#; scripting on Linux/Windows.
• Terraform/kubeadm/kubespray for provisioning preferred.

Responsibilities

• Audit and document existing Kubernetes infrastructure to establish a clear, reproducible foundation.
• Build robust deployment scripts and IaC templates using Terraform for clusters.
• Investigate and propose solutions for a hybrid cloud strategy.
• Design and implement standardized automated deployments with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, FluxCD, Spinnaker, Kargo).
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, integrating Helm or Kustomize.
• Manage Kubernetes cluster operations across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Own design, tuning, and troubleshooting of cluster networking (Cilium, Envoy, Gateway API).
• Collaborate and mentor peers across the organization.

Skills

Go

Python

C#

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Kustomize

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Spinnaker

Kargo

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

kubeadm

kubectl

Cilium

Istio

Envoy

Job description

Nintendo Technology Development in Redmond, WA is seeking an experienced Kubernetes infrastructure engineer to audit, design, and manage production-grade cluster environments across on‑premise and cloud platforms.

You will implement Terraform-based deployments, standardized automated workflows, and GitOps pipelines using ArgoCD, FluxCD, Spinnaker, and related tools, while mentoring teammates and driving best practices.