Senior Staff Engineer

Zensar•Raleigh, NC

18h•$104,168 - $163,744•Hybrid

About The Position

Zensar is seeking a Senior Staff Platform Engineer / Principal Platform Engineer specializing in Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure to serve as the technical authority for its Kubernetes-based compute platform. The role owns the platform from design through ongoing evolution. The platform supports security, networking, efficiency, and developer experience across the Cloud Infrastructure organization, while maintaining consistent behavior across multiple cloud providers. The work provides infrastructure and product teams with a reliable, scalable, and secure foundation for delivering features at scale. This is a hybrid opportunity requiring three days onsite per week in Morrisville, North Carolina. The position is open to full-time employees and contract professionals. Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits for eligible employees, and career growth opportunities are offered.

Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline, or comparable professional experience.
Experience working in infrastructure engineering.
Deep experience with at least one major public cloud—GCP, AWS, or Azure—and its core infrastructure services, such as EC2.
Expert-level, hands-on Kubernetes engineering skills, including developing custom Kubernetes controllers and designing and implementing admission webhooks.
Track record of defining technical strategy and delivering large, cross-team projects.
Strong commitment to efficiency, availability, quality, and great developer experience.

Nice To Haves

Prior work at cloud-native, DevOps, or infrastructure-centric companies operating Kubernetes in production at scale.
Advanced Golang skills.
Hands-on experience with Istio or Envoy.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical direction of high-visibility, high-impact initiatives.
Mentor and guide a geographically distributed engineering team.
Identify and deliver improvements that lower the cost of running the cloud platform.
Align teams on objectives, expected outcomes, and delivery schedules.
Own prioritization, timelines, and delivery commitments for projects.
Help shape the long-range, multi-year roadmap for the cloud platform.
Architect, build, test, ship, operate, and continuously improve the compute platform.