Kubernetes Expert (Service Mesh / Cilium)

Vacancy details
DevOps Engineering
DevOps Engineer (AWS)
Senior
Bulgaria, 
Croatia, 
Poland, 
Portugal, 
Ukraine
Remote

We are looking for a skilled Kubernetes Service Mesh / Cilium SME (Subject Matter Expert) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our service mesh architecture. This role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes networking, Cilium, and eBPF technologies. You will collaborate with platform and application teams to ensure secure, observable, and performant service-to-service communication across our infrastructure.

If you thrive in complex cloud-native environments and enjoy solving networking challenges at scale — we’d love to connect!

What project we have for you

Our customer is a multinational corporation with more than a century of history and offices in over 180 countries. Their most ambitious goal at the time is to introduce a range of Reduced-Risk Products (RRPs). The target audience is more than 1 billion of consumers around the globe. IT platform hosts 700+ applications.
Intellias mission is to help the client with the engineering of a comprehensive software ecosystem for a game-changing IoT product on the margin of innovative consumer experience and cutting-edge technology. Our teams are involved in the engineering of core platform components for best in class eCommerce, Digital Marketing and IoT solutions. As a Cloud engineer you will become a part of Core Architecture Team and be responsible for the architecture, implementation of best practices in our Digital Engineering Enterprice Platform.
The Platform is a set of services and internet applications that accelerate the development and delivery of software applications by taking care of common SDLC challenges. The Platform provides access and consumption for engineering teams to a set of services, technologies, practices for their development and for operating their application, ensure a set of compliance and best practices.
Project is in production for 2+ years, being supported by multiple teams.

Our technical domains are:
– AWS cloud, partially Azure
– SSO, Organizations, Service control policies, access models.
– IAAC: terraform enterprise, terratest, chalice
– Serverless: lambda, step functions, wide range of misc automations, fargate
– System, Application, Network and security architectures
– Orchecstration: k8s (eks)
– SRE activities (logging, tracing, monitoring), OpsGenie, Splunk
– Hashicorp Vault
– Hybrid Networking

What you will do

  • Design, build, and maintain software delivery pipelines and infrastructure that support continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure that software is delivered with high quality, speed, and reliability.
  • Automate manual processes, such as testing, deployment, and monitoring, to improve efficiency and reduce errors.
  • Develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and address issues in production environments.
  • Troubleshoot production issues, conducting root cause analysis and implementing remediation plans.
  • Manage and scale infrastructure resources, such as servers, databases, and cloud services, to ensure optimal performance and cost-effectiveness.
  • Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
  • Continuously learn and keep up to date with new technologies and industry trends to improve system performance, security, and efficiency.

What you need for this

Must-have:

  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Deep understanding of CiliumeBPF, and Kubernetes networking internals.
  • Experience designing and implementing Service Mesh architectures (Cilium, Istio, Linkerd, etc.).
  • Proficiency in Linux networking, including iptables, routing, and DNS.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm).
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex networking issues across distributed systems.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

Nice-to-have:

  • Experience with Zero Trust Networking principles.
  • Knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic).
  • Contributions to open-source projects related to Kubernetes or networking.
  • Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid cloud setups.

What it’s like to work at Intellias

At Intellias, where technology takes center stage, people always come before processes. By creating a comfortable atmosphere in our team, we empower individuals to unlock their true potential and achieve extraordinary results. That’s why we offer a range of benefits that support your well-being and charge your professional growth.
We are committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We welcome and celebrate the uniqueness of every individual. Join Intellias for a career where your perspectives and contributions are vital to our shared success.

Skills

AWS/Azure/GCP
CI/CD
Cilium
Kubernetes
Service_Mesh

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