Service Mesh Architect

Bright Vision Technologies; Elk Grove (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work (US)

Career growth potential

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

We are looking for a Service Mesh Architect to design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms—primarily Istio and Linkerd—that provide secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years in platform engineering, SRE, or networking roles.
• Hands-on production experience with Istio or Linkerd.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms (Istio/Linkerd).
• Ensure secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication across Kubernetes.
• Focus on mesh adoption, mTLS, and traffic policy; enable application teams.
• Leverage Envoy data plane knowledge to optimize performance.

Skills

Go

Python

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Istio

Linkerd

Envoy

Kubernetes

SPIFFE/SPIRE

Job description

Service Mesh Architect - Remote

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Job Title

Service Mesh Architect

Location

100% Remote (U.S.)

Position Type

Full-time, Direct W2

Salary Range

$150,000-190,000 Annually

Experience Required

6+ years

Sponsorship

U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Service Mesh Architect to design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms - primarily Istio and Linkerd - that provide secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication across our Kubernetes estate. The role focuses on platform engineering, mesh adoption, mTLS, traffic policy, and helping application teams reap the benefits of a mesh without paying for unnecessary complexity. The ideal candidate has operated service mesh in production, deeply understands Envoy and the data plane, and brings both platform engineering discipline and pragmatic adoption strategies.

Required 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cluster Istio or Linkerd deployments.
• Familiarity with Cilium service mesh and eBPF networking.
• Open-source contributions to service mesh projects.
• Experience with SPIFFE/SPIRE for workload identity.
• Exposure to zero-trust networking initiatives at enterprise scale.

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.