Platform Architect

About the Position

We are seeking a Platform Architect to lead the migration of an existing on-premises Kubernetes platform to the LightOps platform, supporting subsea production and monitoring use cases across microservices, event-driven processing, graph-based modeling, and time-series ingestion services.

Responsibilities

• Familiarize with the current platform landscape and existing microservices architecture
• Review and validate the target LightOps architecture
• Assess and refine the migration strategy and resource requirements
• Identify risks and gaps across the migration scope
• Define migration workstreams and establish a migration roadmap with sequencing
• Support the evaluation and selection of additional consultants
• Influence the composition and structure of the delivery team
• Guide platform adoption across Kubernetes modernization initiatives
• Provide architectural direction for service mesh implementation given its high-risk profile

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in platform engineering with strong expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps
• Proficiency in ArgoCD and Kubernetes security practices across multi-service platform migrations
• Hands-on expertise in Istio including gateway management, authorization policies, and traffic routing
• Background in service-to-service communication within Service Mesh environments
• Expertise in HashiCorp Vault and secret management practices
• Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth2 and zero-trust architectures
• Experience leading platform adoption programs, Kubernetes modernization initiatives, and complex application migrations

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Kafka, Strimzi, and PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of Cassandra, KEDA, and Prometheus
• Understanding of Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Coraza WAF
• Background in Operational Readiness programs and SRE practices

About the Company

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