Platform Architect

EPAM SYSTEMS TURKEY YAZILIM GELİŞTİRME LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

We are seeking an experienced Platform Architect to lead the migration of an existing on-premises Kubernetes platform to the LightOps platform, guiding technical strategy, risk mitigation, and delivery team composition throughout the transition.

• Familiarize with the current platform landscape spanning microservices, event-driven processing, graph-based modeling, and time-series ingestion.
• Review the target architecture and confirm alignment with business and technical objectives.
• Validate the overall migration strategy across workstreams.
• Identify risks and gaps within the proposed migration approach.
• Refine resource requirements based on project scope and complexity.
• Define migration workstreams and their dependencies.
• Establish a migration roadmap with clear sequencing.
• Support the interview and evaluation process for additional consultants.
• Influence the final composition of the delivery team.

• 8+ years of experience in Kubernetes platform engineering with expertise in Helm and GitOps practices including ArgoCD.
• Expertise in Kubernetes security and multi-service platform migrations.
• Hands-on experience with Service Mesh implementations including Istio, gateway management, and authorization policies.
• Proficiency in traffic routing and service-to-service communication within service mesh environments.
• Background in security practices including HashiCorp Vault and secret management.
• Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth2 and zero-trust architectures.
• Experience leading platform adoption programs, Kubernetes modernization initiatives, and complex application migrations.
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher.

• Familiarity with Kafka, Strimzi, and PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of Cassandra, KEDA, and Prometheus/Grafana.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and Coraza WAF.
• Background in Operational Readiness programs and SRE practices.