Service Mesh Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies; Schaumburg (IL); Remote; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Service Mesh Engineer to design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms—primarily Istio and Linkerd—across our Kubernetes estate. This role emphasizes platform engineering, mesh adoption, mTLS, traffic policy, and enabling application teams to gain mesh benefits without unnecessary complexity.

The ideal candidate has production experience with service mesh, deep Envoy data plane knowledge, and strong Go or Python automation skills.

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.
• Strong understanding of Envoy proxy internals and config.
• Deep Kubernetes expertise including networking, CNI, and ingress.
• Knowledge 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 across networking, apps, and control plane.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms (Istio/Linkerd) across our Kubernetes estate.
• Focus on platform engineering, mesh adoption, and mTLS; traffic policy and security governance.
• Enable application teams to reap mesh benefits with minimal added complexity.
• Provide observability and operational excellence for the mesh data plane and control plane.

Skills

Platform engineering

SRE

Networking

Go or Python programming

Troubleshooting networking/app/control

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Istio

Linkerd

Envoy proxy

Kubernetes

CNI

Ingress

SPIFFE/SPIRE

eBPF

Job description

Service Mesh Engineer – 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 Engineer

Location:

100% Remote (U.S.)

Position Type:

Full-time, Direct W2

Salary Range:

$95,000–$115,000 Annually

Experience Required:

7+ 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 Engineer 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.