Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes Platform Engineering, Service Mesh & Developer Platforms (Golang APIs)

Cloudjobs; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudjobs in New Jersey is seeking a senior platform engineer to lead the design and delivery of cloud-native platform capabilities, focusing on Kubernetes automation, service mesh enablement, and developer self-service APIs.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to establish engineering standards and modernize CI/CD pipelines across the enterprise container ecosystem, leveraging Istio/Consul, OpenShift, and GitOps practices.

Qualifications

• Requires over 10 years of experience in software or platform engineering with strong proficiency in Golang and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Proven expertise in building CI/CD pipelines, implementing GitOps, and working with service mesh technologies like Istio or Consul.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of cloud-native platform capabilities with a focus on Kubernetes automation and service mesh enablement.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to establish engineering standards and modernize CI/CD pipelines across the enterprise container ecosystem.
• Develop developer self-service APIs and drive adoption of GitOps and observability practices.

Skills

Golang

Kubernetes

Service Mesh

Platform Engineering

OpenShift

CI/CD

GitOps

Microservices

Distributed Systems

Azure AKS

Amazon EKS

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

API Development

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Job description

Lead the design and delivery of cloud-native platform capabilities, focusing on Kubernetes automation, service mesh enablement, and developer self-service APIs. Partner with cross-functional teams to establish engineering standards and modernize CI/CD pipelines across the enterprise container ecosystem.

Requirements

Requires over 10 years of experience in software or platform engineering with strong proficiency in Golang and Kubernetes/OpenShift. Candidates must have proven expertise in building CI/CD pipelines, implementing GitOps, and working with service mesh technologies like Istio or Consul.

Key Skills

• Golang
• Kubernetes
• Service Mesh
• Platform Engineering
• Red Hat OpenShift
• CI/CD
• GitOps
• Microservices Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• Azure AKS
• Amazon EKS
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Docker
• API Development
• Observability