Part Time Consultant for Cloud Native Expert 10+ yrs Hybrid (International; Seattle, WA)

Nature of Engagement

• Job Role: Part time Contractor
• Location: In person in the Greater Seattle Area, WA
• Availability: Can be flexible with some overlap with the team
• Hourly Rate: Commensurate with experience

Role

We are seeking a part time Consultant architect with deep expertise in Kubernetes Service Mesh, specifically Envoy Proxy to help iron out our architecture and design.

This is a limited time contract that pays hourly. Preferably working in person with our team in the Greater Seattle Area (Bellevue or nearby).

Required Skills

1. Expert Level (10+ yrs) Cloud Native Engineer solving problems that cross infrastructure and application layers simultaneously.
2. Deep hands‑on experience with Envoy stack including Envoy proxy, xDS, OPA, SPIFFE/SPIRE, Envoy Gateway, control plane and orchestration.
3. Managing identity, security, traffic policy, distribution and observability in SaaS environments.
4. API automation DevOps tooling, security operations across Kubernetes environments.
5. Cross‑functionally with global enterprise teams across on‑prem, Azure, AWS, and GCP.
6. Experience Implementing SOC 2 and NIST‑aligned security controls.

Responsibilities

Review the end‑to‑end architecture deeply for functional and non‑functional requirements and provide clear and strong guidance for a robust technical implementation.

Deliverables

1. Fully fleshed out Data Plane Architecture Document and Diagram
2. End to End Product Architecture Document and Diagram Revised to work with the Data Plane Architecture
   • Including the Control Plane, Audit Logs and Metadata Logging
3. Technical Roadmap of Code Deliverables 0y