Service Mesh Architect

Service Mesh Architect – Remote
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: Service Mesh Architect
Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $150,000–$190,000 Annually
Experience Required: 6+ years
Sponsorship: 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 Architect 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.
Required Qualifications
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
Preferred Qualifications
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
How to Apply
Would you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to hilda@bvteck.com. Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com.
Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Bright 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. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.
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