Service Mesh Architect

Summary

Design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms (Istio and Linkerd) providing secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication across Kubernetes environments. The role requires deep hands-on expertise in Envoy proxy internals, mTLS, PKI, distributed tracing, and multi-layer troubleshooting, with responsibility for guiding application teams through mesh adoption while balancing complexity. Requires 6+ years in platform engineering, SRE, or networking with production service mesh experience, strong Kubernetes networking knowledge, and proficiency in Go or Python for tooling and automation.