Platform Networking Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.Job Title: Platform Network EngineerLocation: 100% Remote (U.S.)Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2Salary Range: $100,000–$150,000 AnnuallyExperience Required: 6+ yearsSponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.Job Summary:We are looking for a Service Mesh Engineer to design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms — primarily Istio and Linkerd — that provide secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication across our Kubernetes estate. The role focuses on platform engineering, mesh adoption, mTLS, traffic policy, and helping application teams reap the benefits of a mesh without paying for unnecessary complexity. The ideal candidate has operated service mesh in production, deeply understands Envoy and the data plane, and brings both platform engineering discipline and pragmatic adoption strategies.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and operate service mesh platforms — primarily Istio and Linkerd — across multi-cluster Kubernetes environmentsImplement and operate mTLS, certificate rotation, and identity propagation across the meshDefine traffic management policies including routing, retries, circuit breaking, and fault injectionIntegrate the mesh with ingress, egress, and API gateway tiers for unified traffic managementBuild observability for mesh traffic including distributed tracing, golden signals, and topology visualizationDesign multi-cluster and cross-cluster mesh topologies for high availability and tenant isolationProfile and optimize mesh performance, sidecar resource usage, and control-plane footprint, applying systematic measurement, targeted improvements, and data-driven validation to deliver quantifiable gains in throughput, latency, or resource efficiencyDevelop paved-road adoption patterns and onboarding guides that make mesh adoption easy for app teamsImplement authorization policies and zero-trust patterns at the service mesh layerOperate service mesh upgrades, control-plane lifecycle management, and configuration governance, applying disciplined release practices that keep the mesh current without disrupting workloads running on top of itPartner with SRE, platform, and security teams on mesh policy and incident responseTroubleshoot complex networking, mTLS, and traffic issues spanning sidecar and gateway tiersMaintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and onboarding materials for the service mesh platformStay current with Istio, Linkerd, Cilium, and broader service mesh ecosystem developmentsRequired QualificationsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related fieldFive or more years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or networking rolesHands-on experience operating Istio or Linkerd in productionStrong understanding of Envoy proxy internals and configurationDeep Kubernetes expertise including networking, CNI, and ingressStrong understanding of mTLS, PKI, and certificate lifecycle managementExperience with distributed tracing and observability for mesh trafficProficiency in Go or Python for tooling and automationStrong troubleshooting skills across networking, application, and control plane layersExcellent communication and collaboration skillsPreferred QualificationsExperience with multi-cluster Istio or Linkerd deploymentsFamiliarity with Cilium service mesh and eBPF networkingOpen-source contributions to service mesh projectsExperience with SPIFFE/SPIRE for workload identityExposure to zero-trust networking initiatives at enterprise scaleHow To ApplyWould you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to Harry@bvteck.com or contact us at (908)676-4399. Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com.Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) StatementBright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. 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