Contract: Principal Kubernetes Platform Engineer at Upwork

This is a high-level technical leadership role for a seasoned platform engineer who specializes in the Kubernetes ecosystem. You are their "technical authority" for infrastructure, meaning you should have mastery over service mesh architectures (Istio) and large-scale AWS environments (EKS). The ideal candidate thrives on moving away from traditional client-library models toward decentralized, proxy-based data planes. The role offers the flexibility of being fully remote, specifically targeting talent in Latin America. As a "Principal" level contract engagement via Upwork’s Hybrid Workforce Solutions, you will tackle high-impact problems for a global marketplace that powers billions in transactions. You'll lead the evolution of their GitOps practices using ArgoCD and Terraform, while supporting modern workloads like Machine Learning. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have "expert level" Linux knowledge and can script proficiently in Python, Java, or Bash. * Are a power user of **Istio** for discovery and service-to-service communication. * Can design and manage modular, reusable deployment templates using **Helm**. * Have experience architecting high-availability infrastructure that supports ML workloads.