Platform Architect
We are seeking a Platform Architect to lead the migration of an existing on-premises Kubernetes platform to the LightOps platform, supporting subsea production and monitoring use cases across a set of microservices, event-driven processing services, graph-based process modeling services, time-series ingestion services and frontend applications
Responsibilities
- Review the target architecture and validate the migration strategy
- Identify risks and gaps within the current platform landscape
- Refine resource requirements and define migration workstreams
- Establish the migration roadmap and sequencing
- Familiarize with the current landscape to inform planning decisions
- Interview and evaluate additional consultants to support delivery
- Influence the final composition of the delivery team
- Guide execution of specific workstreams through the adoption team
Requirements
- 9+ years of experience in Kubernetes platform engineering including Helm and GitOps-based deployment workflows
- Expertise in ArgoCD and Kubernetes security practices across multi-service platform migrations
- Hands-on experience in Istio, Gateway management and Authorization Policies for service mesh implementations
- Skills in traffic routing and service-to-service communication within service mesh architectures
- Experience in HashiCorp Vault and secret management practices
- Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth2 and zero-trust architectures
- Background in leading platform adoption programs, Kubernetes modernization initiatives and complex application migrations
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Kafka, Strimzi and PostgreSQL
- Knowledge of Cassandra, KEDA and Prometheus
- Understanding of Grafana, OpenTelemetry and Coraza WAF
- Background in Operational Readiness programs and SRE practices
Benefits
- Engineering Heritage: Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years
- Advanced Tech Stack: Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies
- World-Class Clients: Work closely with 340+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact
- Professional Growth: Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices
- GenAI Community: Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys
- Entrepreneurial Culture: If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life
- Hybrid Setup: The flexibility to work from any location in Lithuania, whether it's your home or our dynamic offices in Vilnius and Kaunas
- Other Benefits: Additional vacation and trust days, private health insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and more
- Engineering Heritage: Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years.
- Advanced Tech Stack: Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies.
- World-Class Clients: Work closely with 340+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact.
- Professional Growth: Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices.
- GenAI Community: Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys.
- Entrepreneurial Culture: If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life.
- Hybrid Setup: The flexibility to work from any location in Latvia, whether it's your home or our office in Riga.
- Other Benefits: Additional vacation and trust days, private health insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and more.