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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.\nThe 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.\nKey Responsibilities\nPlatform Architecture & Strategy\nDefine and maintain the Kubernetes platform roadmap and cloud-native strategy.\nArchitect multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting enterprise-scale workloads.\nEstablish platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and operational best practices.\nEvaluate emerging technologies and provide technical guidance on platform modernization initiatives.\nLead technical decision-making for container orchestration, platform 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Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and automation frameworks to eliminate operational toil.\nDefine platform engineering patterns enabling rapid and consistent infrastructure delivery.\nCloud Infrastructure & Hybrid Operations\nArchitect Kubernetes solutions spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments.\nDesign resilient multi-region and disaster recovery architectures.\nLead cloud infrastructure modernization initiatives and workload migrations.\nDefine backup, recovery, business continuity, and platform resiliency strategies.\nEstablish storage architectures using Portworx, CSI drivers, OpenEBS, or cloud-native storage services.\nReliability Engineering & Observability\nDefine enterprise observability standards and platform reliability objectives.\nEstablish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical platform services.\nArchitect monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, and related technologies.\nLead root cause analysis efforts for major incidents and drive systemic improvements.\nDevelop resiliency testing, chaos engineering, and disaster recovery validation programs.\nSecurity & Compliance\nEstablish Kubernetes security architecture and cloud security standards.\nLead implementation of policy-as-code frameworks using Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, and admission controllers.\nDefine workload identity, secrets management, and zero-trust platform strategies.\nPartner with security teams to satisfy regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.\nDrive secure software supply chain initiatives including image signing, SBOM validation, and runtime protection.\nTechnical Leadership\nServe as the highest-level Kubernetes and platform engineering subject matter expert.\nLead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance across multiple engineering teams.\nMentor senior engineers and influence engineering excellence across the organization.\nDrive cross-functional initiatives involving platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, security, and application teams.\nContribute to organizational technology strategy and long-term infrastructure planning.\nRequired Qualifications\n12+ years of infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience.\n7+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments.\nDeep expertise designing and operating Kubernetes platforms at enterprise scale.\nStrong experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.\nAdvanced experience with GitOps methodologies and tools such as Argo CD, Flux, and Fleet.\nExpert-level Terraform experience and Infrastructure as Code practices.\nStrong understanding of Kubernetes internals including:\nControl plane architecture\nScheduling\nNetworking\nService discovery\nStorage\nSecurity\nExperience with service mesh technologies including Istio, Linkerd, or Consul.\nExpertise in Kubernetes networking, CNI implementations, and eBPF technologies such as Cilium.\nStrong programming experience with Go, Python, or similar languages.\nExperience building platform automation, operators, controllers, or Kubernetes extensions.\nExperience with enterprise identity integration using OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and cloud-native identity services.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, Crossplane, Backstage, or other platform engineering solutions.\nExperience designing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).\nExperience with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing architectures.\nExperience implementing software supply chain security controls.\nExperience managing regulated or highly compliant environments.\nActive participation in Kubernetes or CNCF open-source communities.\nExperience presenting architecture guidance to executive leadership and technical stakeholders.\nPreferred Certifications\nCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)\nCertified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)\nCertified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)\nAWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional\nGoogle Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer\nAzure DevOps Engineer Expert\nHashiCorp Terraform Associate\nLinux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist\nCNCF Kubestronaut Program Certifications\nWe are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.\nInterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance.\nOther compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive.\nThe company also provides generous employee benefits including:\nMedical, vision, and dental insurance\nShort-term and long-term disability, and life insurance\n401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution\nPaid Time Off and Holidays\nParental Leave\nTuition reimbursement\nThe estimated base compensation range for this role is:\n$140,000—$206,000 USD\nAbout InterSystems\nInterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.\nAI Disclaimer\nInterSystems may use AI tools for its internal operations including administrative tasks during recruitment (e.g., organizing candidate information). InterSystems’ approach to AI is guided by the InterSystems Responsible AI Guidelines. AI is not used to make or influence hiring decisions. All decisions are made by InterSystems employees.\nCandidates may use AI for CV or interview preparation, provided materials are truthful and reflect their own experience. 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