Responsibilities
- Audit, document, standardize, and reproduce Kubernetes infrastructure, including architecture, processes, and configurations.
- Build infrastructure-as-code deployment scripts and templates with Terraform for Kubernetes cluster provisioning and management.
- Investigate and propose hybrid cloud strategies across on-premise and cloud environments.
- Implement GitOps-based automated deployments using tools such as ArgoCD, Flux CD, Spinnaker, or Kargo.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and manage application deployments with Helm or Kustomize.
- Manage Kubernetes clusters using tools such as kubeadm and kubectl across on-premise and cloud environments.
- Design, tune, and troubleshoot cluster networking, CNI dataplanes, ingress, Gateway API, Envoy, and service mesh traffic.
- Diagnose throughput, latency, and connectivity issues across worker nodes, pod networking, and east-west traffic.
- Collaborate with peer teams, share Kubernetes expertise, and mentor others on Kubernetes best practices.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software development experience, including at least 5 years building and managing production-level Kubernetes infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, including Pods, Deployments, Services, RBAC, and the API server.
- Experience managing Kubernetes clusters on on-premise hardware and in AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure environments.
- Experience provisioning and managing Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform.
- Proficiency with Helm, especially advanced usage, or Kustomize.
- Experience with ArgoCD, FluxCD, Spinnaker, Kargo, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions for Kubernetes application and service deployment.
- Expertise with Docker and container runtimes such as containerd.
- Production experience with Cilium or transferable CNIs such as Calico or Canal, plus knowledge of Linux networking, iptables/nftables, conntrack, MTU, BGP, kube-proxy or eBPF replacements, CoreDNS, ingress controllers, and Gateway API.
- Production experience with a service mesh such as Istio, Linkerd, or Cilium Service Mesh, including mTLS, traffic policy, and Envoy-level troubleshooting.
- Experience with Go, Python, or C# programming languages.
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows systems and scripting for both.
- Direct experience with Terraform, kubeadm, and kubespray is preferred.
- Must be legally eligible to work in the United States.
Benefits
- Contract position with benefits eligibility through the employing agency, including medical insurance, an employee assistance program, and paid sick leave.
- Benefits depend on elections, eligibility requirements, plan terms, and the employing agency partner and will be confirmed at offer.
- Onsite position in Redmond, Washington; remote work is not available.
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About Nintendo
Nintendo's mission is to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together. We've forged our own path since 1889, when we began making hanafuda playing cards in Kyoto, Japan. Today, we’re fortunate to be able to share our characters, ideas and worlds through the medium of video games and the entertainment industry. Nintendo of America, established in 1980 and based in Redmond, Washington, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd. We are committed to delivering best-in-class products and services to our customers and to investing in the well-being of our employees as part of the global Nintendo family. For more information about Nintendo please visit www.nintendo.com.