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We’re looking for a CloudOps Software Architect to guide the evolution of our Azure-native Kubernetes platform. The stack is GitOps-based (Argo CD), leverages Argo Rollouts for blue/green and canary releases, and relies on Istio Service Mesh for secure, multi-cluster traffic management. You’ll coach engineering squads on best practices, mature our scaling strategies, streamline governance across multiple environments and clusters, and ensure robust secret-management and policy-as-code guardrails.

What You’ll Do

– Design & evolve the platform

– Build and refine a Helm-driven, multi-cluster AKS architecture.

– Establish reusable charts, upgrade/rollback playbooks, and disaster-recovery strategies.

– Drive GitOps & progressive delivery

– Own repository-based deployment workflows with Argo CD.

– Standardise blue/green and canary releases via Argo Rollouts.

– Lead networking & service mesh

– Tune Istio (or equivalent) for traffic management, mTLS, policy enforcement, and observability.

– Define cross-cluster routing, fail-over, and zero-trust patterns.

– Engineer autoscaling & resilience

– Design efficient scaling with Kubernetes HPA/VPA and cluster-proportional autoscalers.

– Optimise resource requests/limits, PDBs, and QoS classes.

– Manage infrastructure & policy

– Maintain Infrastructure-as-Code modules (Terraform or similar).

– Enforce CI checks and compliance using Kyverno policy-as-code.

– Architect secure secrets management

– Implement and maintain secret distribution (e.g., External Secrets Operator with Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, or Infisical).

– Provide technical leadership

– Mentor engineers, run architecture reviews, and own the platform roadmap.

– Align designs with security, compliance, and cost-optimisation goals.

Minimum Qualifications

– 2+ years as a software/system architect or technical lead guiding multiple squads.

– 5+ years total in software engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.

– Proven expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, and Argo Rollouts.

– Production AKS experience, including Azure networking (VNet, Private Link, Azure Monitor).

– Strong knowledge of Istio or other Envoy-based service meshes (mTLS, traffic policies, observability).

– Deep understanding of Kubernetes HPA/VPA and resource-efficiency tuning.

– Hands-on experience with secret-management solutions in Kubernetes.

– Proficiency with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts).

– Familiarity with Kyverno (or Gatekeeper) for policy enforcement.

– Clear written and verbal English communication.

Nice-to-Have

– Practical exposure to Cluster API for cluster lifecycle automation.

– Familiarity with https://www.solo.io products (Gloo Gateway / Gloo Mesh) or other enterprise Istio distributions.

– Hands-on with ScaleOps or similar cost-aware autoscaling add-ons.

– Experience adopting or extending Backstage developer portals.

– Open-source contributions in CNCF, Istio, Kyverno, or GitOps projects.

– Certifications: CKA/CKS, Microsoft Certified – Azure Solutions Architect, HashiCorp Terraform Associate.

Soft Skills

– Systems thinker with a bias for automation and simplification.

– Skilled at explaining complex architectures to engineers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders.

– Servant-leader who empowers teams while upholding high engineering standards.

Our benefits:

-Health and dental insurance

-Meal and food allowance

-Childcare assistance

-Extended paternity leave

-Wellhub (Gympass)

-TotalPass

-Profit-sharing (PLR)

-Life insurance

-CI&T University

-Discount club

-Free online platform dedicated to physical, mental, and overall well-being

-Pregnancy and responsible parenting course

-Partnerships with online learning platforms

-Language learning platform

And many more!

More details about our benefits here: https://ciandt.com/br/pt-br/carreiras

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