Job DescriptionAbout the RoleZensar is looking for a
Senior Staff Platform Engineer / Principal Platform Engineer (Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure) to serve as the technical authority for our Kubernetes-based compute platform, owning it from design through ongoing evolution. This platform underpins the security, networking, efficiency, and developer-experience capabilities our Cloud Infrastructure organization provides and keeps behavior consistent across multiple cloud providers. Your work will give infrastructure, and product teams a reliable, scalable, and secure foundation for shipping high-quality features at scale.
This is a
hybrid opportunity requiring three days onsite per week in
Morrisville, North Carolina. The position is open to both
full-time employees (FTE) and
contract professionals, offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits for eligible employees, and excellent career growth opportunities.
What You'll Do- Lead the technical direction of high-visibility, high-impact initiatives
- Mentor and guide a geographically distributed engineering team
- Identify and deliver improvements that lower the cost of running the cloud platform
- Bring teams into alignment on objectives, expected outcomes, and delivery schedules
- Own prioritization, timelines, and delivery commitments for your projects
- Help shape the long-range, multi-year roadmap for the cloud platform
- Architect, build, test, ship, operate, and continuously improve the compute platform
What You Bring- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline, or comparable professional experience
- Experience working in infrastructure engineering
- Deep experience with at least one major public cloud GCP, AWS or Azure and its core infrastructure services, such as EC2
- Expert-level, hands-on Kubernetes engineering skills, including:
- Developing custom Kubernetes controllers
- Designing and implementing admission webhooks
- A track record of defining technical strategy and landing large, cross-team projects
- A strong commitment to efficiency, availability, quality, and great developer experience
Nice to Have- Prior work at cloud-native, DevOps, or infrastructure-centric companies operating Kubernetes in production at scale
- Advanced Golang skills
- Handson experience with Istio or Envoy
Interested?- Apply or reach out directly to discuss how your experience aligns with this opportunity.
