Service Mesh Architect

Bright Vision Technologies • Artesia, CA

2d • $150,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Service Mesh Architect to design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms, primarily Istio and Linkerd, that enable secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication across its Kubernetes estate. The role focuses on platform engineering, mesh adoption, mutual TLS (mTLS), and traffic policy, while helping application teams benefit from a service mesh without unnecessary complexity. The ideal candidate has operated a service mesh in production, understands Envoy and the data plane deeply, and applies platform engineering discipline and pragmatic adoption strategies.

The position is full-time, direct W2, and 100% remote within the United States. The stated salary range is $150,000–$190,000 annually. Candidates who are U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, or seeking an H-1B transfer are encouraged to apply; the company cannot sponsor new H-1B petitions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or networking roles.
• Hands-on experience operating Istio or Linkerd in production.
• Strong understanding of Envoy proxy internals and configuration.
• Deep Kubernetes expertise, including networking, CNI, and ingress.
• Strong understanding of mTLS, PKI, and certificate lifecycle management.
• Experience with distributed tracing and observability for mesh traffic.
• Proficiency in Go or Python for tooling and automation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across networking, application, and control plane layers.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with multi-cluster Istio or Linkerd deployments.
• Familiarity with Cilium service mesh and eBPF networking.
• Open-source contributions to service mesh projects.
• Experience with SPIFFE/SPIRE for workload identity.
• Exposure to zero-trust networking initiatives at enterprise scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate service mesh platforms, primarily Istio and Linkerd.
• Provide secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication across the Kubernetes estate.
• Drive platform engineering and service mesh adoption, including mTLS and traffic policy.
• Help application teams use service mesh capabilities without unnecessary complexity.
• Troubleshoot issues across networking, application, and control plane layers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior