Staff SWE I - Kubernetes Argocd

**Overview** * We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Platforms, Kubernetes, and GitOps practices. This role will architect, scale, and operate enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms while driving reliability, scalability, automation, and operational excellence across critical enterprise applications and infrastructure. * The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership on Kubernetes platform strategy, influence engineering best practices, and partner with cross-functional teams to build resilient, secure, and highly available cloud-native platforms at scale. This position requires deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes architecture, ArgoCD, GitOps methodologies, Infrastructure Automation, and Production Engineering. **What You'll Do** **DevOps & Platform Engineering** * Design, build, and optimize scalable CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes-native platform solutions. * Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and platform standardization initiatives. * Improve developer experience through self-service infrastructure and deployment automation. * Lead architecture discussions and establish Kubernetes and DevOps platform standards across engineering teams. **Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)** * Define and champion reliability standards, SLAs, SLOs, and operational excellence frameworks. * Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvement programs. * Drive performance optimization, scalability enhancements, capacity planning, and disaster recovery strategies. * Build proactive monitoring, observability, and alerting capabilities to improve system health and availability. **GitOps & Automation** * Architect and manage GitOps practices using ArgoCD for multi-cluster Kubernetes application delivery. * Automate application deployment, configuration management, and environment provisioning. * Establish deployment governance, release management processes, and operational controls. * Ensure secure, consistent, and auditable deployments across all environments. Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure * Define and evolve enterprise Kubernetes platform architecture, standards, and multi-cluster/multi-region deployment strategies. * Design, deploy, and operate production Kubernetes clusters at scale across cloud environments (EKS, AKS, GKE, or equivalent). * Build and optimize containerized platform solutions using Docker and Kubernetes for high availability and performance. * Lead adoption of Kubernetes-native tooling including Helm, Kustomize, operators, and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, or equivalent). * Drive cluster lifecycle management including upgrades, autoscaling, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. * Architect Kubernetes networking, ingress, storage (CSI), CNI, and workload isolation patterns for complex enterprise workloads. * Establish Kubernetes security frameworks including RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, secrets management, and DevSecOps integration. * Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform or equivalent technologies for cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure. * Partner with Security and Engineering teams to implement platform governance, compliance, and operational controls. **Technical Leadership & Collaboration** * Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across DevOps and platform teams. * Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Security stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives. * Participate in architecture reviews and technology roadmap discussions. * Work closely with global teams across EMEA and US regions. * Demonstrate flexibility to work across overlapping business hours and shifts when required to support global stakeholders and critical production environments. **What We Are Looking For** * 12+ years of experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). * Strong hands-on expertise in DevOps, SRE, CI/CD, Infrastructure Automation, and Cloud Engineering. * Proven experience implementing GitOps practices using ArgoCD. * Deep expertise in Kubernetes platform architecture, cluster operations, and troubleshooting at enterprise scale, including Docker, Microservices, and Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). * Proven experience architecting, deploying, and operating large-scale production Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments. * Expert-level hands-on experience with Kubernetes tooling such as Helm, Kustomize, kubectl, cluster APIs, and platform engineering frameworks. * Experience leading Kubernetes migration, modernization, and cloud-native transformation initiatives across multiple teams. * Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, container orchestration patterns, and cloud-native architecture at scale. * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent). * Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, alerting, logging, and production operations. * Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, ELK, New Relic, or similar platforms. * Strong troubleshooting, incident management, root cause analysis, and production support experience. * Experience developing automation and operational tooling using Python, Shell, Go, or similar technologies. * Strong understanding of security, compliance, and reliability engineering principles. * Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills. * Experience working with globally distributed teams across EMEA and US regions. * Ability to drive technical decisions, define Kubernetes platform roadmaps, influence engineering practices, and lead large-scale platform initiatives. * Flexibility to collaborate with global stakeholders across multiple time zones and support business-critical operations when needed. **Our Values** If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: [Core Values](https://blueyonder.com/about/core-values) All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.