Cloud Kubernetes Engineer
Posted 5 Jun 2026
Advertised as “Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 12+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsCertified Kubernetes Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
We are seeking a Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer to join our global infrastructure team to lead the architecture, strategy, and evolution of our cloud-native platform across public cloud and on-premises environments. This role serves as the organization's technical authority for Kubernetes, platform engineering, automation, and cloud infrastructure, driving platform scalability, reliability, security, and developer experience.
The Principal Engineer will work across infrastructure, application development, security, and operations teams to establish standards, guide architecture decisions, and deliver highly automated self-service platforms supporting mission-critical workloads.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Strategy
- Define and maintain the Kubernetes platform roadmap and cloud-native strategy.
- Architect multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting enterprise-scale workloads.
- Establish platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and operational best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide technical guidance on platform modernization initiatives.
- Lead technical decision-making for container orchestration, platform automation, and cloud infrastructure investments.
Kubernetes Platform Engineering
- Design, deploy, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms using EKS, AKS, GKE, Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, or equivalent technologies.
- Define cluster lifecycle management processes including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and decommissioning.
- Architect multi-tenant Kubernetes environments with strong isolation, governance, and compliance controls.
- Design Kubernetes networking architectures leveraging Cilium, Calico, service mesh technologies, and eBPF-based observability.
- Establish cluster security baselines and platform governance standards.
Infrastructure Automation & Platform as Code
- Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code and GitOps methodologies across engineering teams.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and platform automation frameworks.
- Design self-service provisioning capabilities for Kubernetes clusters, environments, and application onboarding.
- Implement Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and automation frameworks to eliminate operational toil.
- Define platform engineering patterns enabling rapid and consistent infrastructure delivery.