Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer at InterSystemsInterSystems · Boston, MA

Workplace: Hybrid

Posted: 2026-10-07

Skills: Python, AWS, DockerWe 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 reusabl…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst