Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer / Kubernetes Architect

Title: Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer / Kubernetes Architect---Exp 15+ Years

Location: Milpitas, CA (Remote)

Rate: $55/hr. on w2

Employment Eligibility Statement
Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (s) . Sponsorship is not available at this time. Danta Technologies evaluates all candidates in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and EEOC guidelines . All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Required: 5+ Years Kubernetes Platform Engineering

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer / Architect with strong hands-on experience in designing, building, and managing enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.

The candidate should have expertise in Kubernetes administration, AKS/EKS/GKE, Docker, Helm, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native technologies. Experience in Kubernetes security, service mesh, cluster lifecycle management, monitoring, and observability is required.

Must have experience building scalable, highly available Kubernetes platforms, automating deployments, implementing platform engineering practices, and supporting production workloads.

Required Skills:

• Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, Helm, Kustomize
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), EKS, GKE
• Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash
• ArgoCD, FluxCD, GitOps
• Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Kubernetes Security, RBAC, Network Policies
• Istio, NGINX Ingress, Service Mesh
• Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry
• Platform Engineering, CI/CD, SRE

Preferred skills: CKA certification, OpenShift, Rancher, AI/ML and GPU workloads experience.

Required

· Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Preferred

· Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

· Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

· Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

· Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

· Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

· HashiCorp Terraform Associate