Cloud Platform Architect

Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Platform Architecture:

- Design and implement a scalable cloud platform covering compute, storage, and networking layers.

- Define architecture for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

- Build core services such as identity & access management, service discovery, observability, and API gateways.

Networking:

- Architect multi-tenant networking for VPC/VNet equivalents, load balancers, firewalls, and service meshes.

- Implement SDN solutions (Calico, Cilium, OVN, etc.) and network policy enforcement at scale.

- Optimize inter-cluster and inter-datacenter connectivity.

Storage:

- Design and manage distributed storage solutions (Ceph, Rook, OpenEBS, MinIO, Lustre).

- Architect persistent storage for Kubernetes (CSI drivers, snapshots, backup/restore).

- Ensure data availability, durability, and compliance with SLAs.

Kubernetes & Orchestration:

- Design multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms with advanced scheduling, security, and RBAC.

- Automate provisioning, scaling, and upgrades using operators, Helm, and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).

- Integrate with monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK).

Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code:

- Implement full stack automation with Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.

- Drive CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.

- Build self-service capabilities for internal teams.

Security & Compliance:

- Design security at all layers (network, storage, workloads).

- Implement secrets management (Vault, External Secrets, KMS).

- Ensure compliance with data governance and regulatory requirements.

Leadership:

- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define roadmap and priorities.

- Mentor and guide platform engineers and DevOps teams.

- Evaluate new technologies and contribute to open-source where applicable.

Required Skills & Experience:

Networking: Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, load balancing, DNS, SDN (Calico, Cilium, Istio/Linkerd).

Storage: Hands-on with distributed storage (Ceph, MinIO, Gluster, Rook) and Kubernetes storage orchestration (CSI).

Kubernetes: 5+ years experience, expert in multi-cluster deployments, operators, controllers, service mesh.

Cloud & Infra: Strong background in virtualization (KVM, VMware, OpenStack) and bare-metal automation (MAAS, Ironic, PXE, IPMI/Redfish).

IaC & Automation: Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux).

CI/CD: Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD.

Programming/Scripting: Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash.

Monitoring/Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, Jaeger.

- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, high availability, and fault tolerance.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience designing cloud platforms at scale (e.g., internal private cloud, hyperscaler background).

- Contributions to open-source Kubernetes ecosystem (CNCF projects).

- Familiarity with service billing, quota management, and multi-tenancy at scale.

- Exposure to bare-metal cloud orchestration (Metal3, Tinkerbell, Equinix Metal, Ironic).

- Strong leadership and architectural decision-making skills.