Technical / Functional Skills
- Strong DevSecOps and Cloud Native ecosystem skillset
- Version Control Systems (Git, GitLab)
- Programming Languages (C/C++, Go, Python)
- Microservice architectures (12-factor app development)
- Infrastructure/Container Provisioning/Orchestration Systems (Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker/containerd/podman)
- Kubernetes Distributions (k3s, RKE2, Talos, TKG)
- IaC and Control Plane Management (Crossplane, Cluster API, Terraform, Pulumi)
- Continuous Integration (GitLab CI, Tekton, Argo Workflows)
- Secure Software Supply Chain Concepts (sigstore, trivy)
- GitOps (Flux CD, Argo CD)
- Service Mesh (Istio, LinkerD)
- Ingress / API Gateways (Traefik, Istio IngressGateway, Kong)
- Policy-as-Code Engines (OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno)
- Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) (Calico, Cilium)
- Secure Runtimes (gVisor, Kata Containers)
- Platform One’s Big Bang, Iron Bank
- Airgap Deployment Management (Zarf)
- Network Protocol Analysis (Wireshark, Tcpdump)
- Network Firewalling and Filtering (iptables, nftables, eBPF)
- Network Tunneling Protocols (WireGuard, IPsec, GRE, VXLAN)
- Emulator/Virtualization Technologies (VMware, QEMU)
- Observability Stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Elastic, Kibana)
- Network, Host, Container Security Products (ACAS, Prisma/Twistlock, NeuVector, Anchore, Kubescape)
- Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Equinix Metal, Azure, GCP, Digital Ocean, Vultr)
- Desired Certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)