InterSystems
Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer
$140K–$206K
Boston, MA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 5, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of relevant infrastructure/cloud/DevOps/SRE/platform engineering experience and 7+ years of hands-on production Kubernetes experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and evolution of InterSystems’ Kubernetes platform across public cloud and on-premises environments, establishing standards and delivering reliable, secure, automated self-service infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Define Kubernetes platform strategy, architecture, standards, and operational practices.
- Design and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms, automation, and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Lead technical decisions, architecture reviews, incident improvements, and guidance across engineering teams.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments.
- Expertise with Kubernetes platforms at enterprise scale, cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, GitOps, Terraform, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with Kubernetes networking and eBPF, service mesh, programming with Go, Python, or similar languages, and platform automation.
Nice to have
- Experience with Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, Crossplane, Backstage, or other platform engineering solutions.
- Experience designing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), OpenTelemetry, software supply chain security, or regulated environments.
Pay
$140,000 — $206,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE, Terraform, Argo CD, Flux, Fleet
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