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Kubernetes Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires employers to document recruitment efforts before filing an I-140 immigrant petition. Cloud-native infrastructure experience and container orchestration skills are consistently cited in approved LCA filings, making this one of the more straightforward engineering roles to move through PERM.
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We are seeking a Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer to join our global infrastructure team to lead the architecture, strategy, and evolution of our cloud-native platform across public cloud and on-premises environments. This role serves as the organization's technical authority for Kubernetes, platform engineering, automation, and cloud infrastructure, driving platform scalability, reliability, security, and developer experience. The Principal Engineer will work across infrastructure, application development, security, and operations teams to establish standards, guide architecture decisions, and deliver highly automated self-service platforms supporting mission-critical workloads.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Platform Architecture & Strategy
- Define and maintain the Kubernetes platform roadmap and cloud-native strategy.
- Architect multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting enterprise-scale workloads.
- Establish platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and operational best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide technical guidance on platform modernization initiatives.
- Lead technical decision-making for container orchestration, platform automation, and cloud infrastructure investments.
Kubernetes Platform Engineering
- Design, deploy, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms using EKS, AKS, GKE, Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, or equivalent technologies.
- Define cluster lifecycle management processes including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and decommissioning.
- Architect multi-tenant Kubernetes environments with strong isolation, governance, and compliance controls.
- Design Kubernetes networking architectures leveraging Cilium, Calico, service mesh technologies, and eBPF-based observability.
- Establish cluster security baselines and platform governance standards.
Infrastructure Automation & Platform as Code
- Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code and GitOps methodologies across engineering teams.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and platform automation frameworks.
- Design self-service provisioning capabilities for Kubernetes clusters, environments, and application onboarding.
- Implement Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and automation frameworks to eliminate operational toil.
- Define platform engineering patterns enabling rapid and consistent infrastructure delivery.
Cloud Infrastructure & Hybrid Operations
- Architect Kubernetes solutions spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments.
- Design resilient multi-region and disaster recovery architectures.
- Lead cloud infrastructure modernization initiatives and workload migrations.
- Define backup, recovery, business continuity, and platform resiliency strategies.
- Establish storage architectures using Portworx, CSI drivers, OpenEBS, or cloud-native storage services.
Reliability Engineering & Observability
- Define enterprise observability standards and platform reliability objectives.
- Establish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical platform services.
- Architect monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, and related technologies.
- Lead root cause analysis efforts for major incidents and drive systemic improvements.
- Develop resiliency testing, chaos engineering, and disaster recovery validation programs.
Security & Compliance
- Establish Kubernetes security architecture and cloud security standards.
- Lead implementation of policy-as-code frameworks using Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, and admission controllers.
- Define workload identity, secrets management, and zero-trust platform strategies.
- Partner with security teams to satisfy regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
- Drive secure software supply chain initiatives including image signing, SBOM validation, and runtime protection.
Technical Leadership
- Serve as the highest-level Kubernetes and platform engineering subject matter expert.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance across multiple engineering teams.
- Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering excellence across the organization.
- Drive cross-functional initiatives involving platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, security, and application teams.
- Contribute to organizational technology strategy and long-term infrastructure planning.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 12+ years of infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments.
- Deep expertise designing and operating Kubernetes platforms at enterprise scale.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Advanced experience with GitOps methodologies and tools such as Argo CD, Flux, and Fleet.
- Expert-level Terraform experience and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals including:
- Control plane architecture
- Scheduling
- Networking
- Service discovery
- Storage
- Security
- Experience with service mesh technologies including Istio, Linkerd, or Consul.
- Expertise in Kubernetes networking, CNI implementations, and eBPF technologies such as Cilium.
- Strong programming experience with Go, Python, or similar languages.
- Experience building platform automation, operators, controllers, or Kubernetes extensions.
- Experience with enterprise identity integration using OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and cloud-native identity services.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, Crossplane, Backstage, or other platform engineering solutions.
- Experience designing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
- Experience with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing architectures.
- Experience implementing software supply chain security controls.
- Experience managing regulated or highly compliant environments.
- Active participation in Kubernetes or CNCF open-source communities.
- Experience presenting architecture guidance to executive leadership and technical stakeholders.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
- Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
- CNCF Kubestronaut Program Certifications
We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance. Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive. The company also provides generous employee benefits including:
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Tuition reimbursement
The estimated base compensation range for this role is: $140,000—$206,000 USD
ABOUT INTERSYSTEMS
InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide.
INTRODUCTION
We are seeking a Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer to join our global infrastructure team to lead the architecture, strategy, and evolution of our cloud-native platform across public cloud and on-premises environments. This role serves as the organization's technical authority for Kubernetes, platform engineering, automation, and cloud infrastructure, driving platform scalability, reliability, security, and developer experience. The Principal Engineer will work across infrastructure, application development, security, and operations teams to establish standards, guide architecture decisions, and deliver highly automated self-service platforms supporting mission-critical workloads.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Platform Architecture & Strategy
- Define and maintain the Kubernetes platform roadmap and cloud-native strategy.
- Architect multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting enterprise-scale workloads.
- Establish platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and operational best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide technical guidance on platform modernization initiatives.
- Lead technical decision-making for container orchestration, platform automation, and cloud infrastructure investments.
Kubernetes Platform Engineering
- Design, deploy, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms using EKS, AKS, GKE, Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, or equivalent technologies.
- Define cluster lifecycle management processes including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and decommissioning.
- Architect multi-tenant Kubernetes environments with strong isolation, governance, and compliance controls.
- Design Kubernetes networking architectures leveraging Cilium, Calico, service mesh technologies, and eBPF-based observability.
- Establish cluster security baselines and platform governance standards.
Infrastructure Automation & Platform as Code
- Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code and GitOps methodologies across engineering teams.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and platform automation frameworks.
- Design self-service provisioning capabilities for Kubernetes clusters, environments, and application onboarding.
- Implement Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and automation frameworks to eliminate operational toil.
- Define platform engineering patterns enabling rapid and consistent infrastructure delivery.
Cloud Infrastructure & Hybrid Operations
- Architect Kubernetes solutions spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments.
- Design resilient multi-region and disaster recovery architectures.
- Lead cloud infrastructure modernization initiatives and workload migrations.
- Define backup, recovery, business continuity, and platform resiliency strategies.
- Establish storage architectures using Portworx, CSI drivers, OpenEBS, or cloud-native storage services.
Reliability Engineering & Observability
- Define enterprise observability standards and platform reliability objectives.
- Establish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical platform services.
- Architect monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, and related technologies.
- Lead root cause analysis efforts for major incidents and drive systemic improvements.
- Develop resiliency testing, chaos engineering, and disaster recovery validation programs.
Security & Compliance
- Establish Kubernetes security architecture and cloud security standards.
- Lead implementation of policy-as-code frameworks using Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, and admission controllers.
- Define workload identity, secrets management, and zero-trust platform strategies.
- Partner with security teams to satisfy regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
- Drive secure software supply chain initiatives including image signing, SBOM validation, and runtime protection.
Technical Leadership
- Serve as the highest-level Kubernetes and platform engineering subject matter expert.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance across multiple engineering teams.
- Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering excellence across the organization.
- Drive cross-functional initiatives involving platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, security, and application teams.
- Contribute to organizational technology strategy and long-term infrastructure planning.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 12+ years of infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments.
- Deep expertise designing and operating Kubernetes platforms at enterprise scale.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Advanced experience with GitOps methodologies and tools such as Argo CD, Flux, and Fleet.
- Expert-level Terraform experience and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals including:
- Control plane architecture
- Scheduling
- Networking
- Service discovery
- Storage
- Security
- Experience with service mesh technologies including Istio, Linkerd, or Consul.
- Expertise in Kubernetes networking, CNI implementations, and eBPF technologies such as Cilium.
- Strong programming experience with Go, Python, or similar languages.
- Experience building platform automation, operators, controllers, or Kubernetes extensions.
- Experience with enterprise identity integration using OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and cloud-native identity services.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Rancher, Spectro Cloud Palette, Crossplane, Backstage, or other platform engineering solutions.
- Experience designing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
- Experience with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing architectures.
- Experience implementing software supply chain security controls.
- Experience managing regulated or highly compliant environments.
- Active participation in Kubernetes or CNCF open-source communities.
- Experience presenting architecture guidance to executive leadership and technical stakeholders.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
- Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
- CNCF Kubestronaut Program Certifications
We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance. Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive. The company also provides generous employee benefits including:
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Tuition reimbursement
The estimated base compensation range for this role is: $140,000—$206,000 USD
ABOUT INTERSYSTEMS
InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Kubernetes Engineer
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
An advanced degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field positions you for EB-2 eligibility. If your degree is a three-year international qualification, gather equivalency documentation early since USCIS scrutinizes degree comparability during I-140 adjudication.
Build a PERM-ready employment history record
Document every role where you administered Kubernetes clusters, configured CI/CD pipelines, or managed container workloads. PERM audit requests frequently ask for evidence that your experience matches the offered position's minimum requirements, so granular job descriptions and reference letters matter.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search the DOL's OFLC disclosure data to identify companies that have certified PERM applications for Kubernetes or cloud infrastructure roles. Employers already familiar with the process are significantly less likely to withdraw sponsorship midway due to unfamiliarity with PERM timelines.
Use Migrate Mate to find green card sponsoring roles
Filter job searches on Migrate Mate specifically for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsoring employers in cloud infrastructure and DevOps. This surfaces companies with documented sponsorship history for Kubernetes Engineer roles rather than relying on job postings that vaguely mention visa support.
Verify prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location before negotiating compensation. PERM requires your offered salary to meet or exceed the certified wage level, and a mismatch discovered after filing can derail the entire application.
Understand the PERM recruitment period timing
Your employer must complete DOL-mandated recruitment within 18 months before filing. If you're evaluating multiple offers, ask each employer where they are in the PERM recruitment window so you're not resetting a process that's already partway through the required advertising period.
Green Card Kubernetes Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Kubernetes Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Kubernetes Engineer positions typically qualify for both EB-2 and EB-3 depending on the employer's stated minimum requirements. If the job requires a master's degree or equivalent, EB-2 applies. A bachelor's degree requirement with at least two years of experience generally fits EB-3. The O*NET classification for related software infrastructure roles supports a specialty occupation argument under either category.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Kubernetes Engineers?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa requiring annual cap registration and a lottery, while PERM initiates permanent residency and has no annual lottery. The EB-3 category has no per-petition cap, though country-of-birth backlogs affect final green card issuance for nationals from India and China. PERM also requires the employer to conduct formal DOL recruitment, which H-1B does not.
How long does the full green card process take for a Kubernetes Engineer?
The PERM labor certification stage alone takes between six and eighteen months depending on whether DOL conducts an audit. The I-140 immigrant petition adds another six to twelve months under standard processing. For applicants born in countries without significant backlogs, adjustment of status or consular processing can follow relatively quickly. Indian and Chinese nationals face multi-year priority date waits even after I-140 approval.
Where can I find Kubernetes Engineer jobs that specifically offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search for Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure roles filtered by employers with verified EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship history. This is more reliable than keyword-searching general job boards for vague sponsorship language, since Migrate Mate surfaces companies with actual PERM filing records for engineering roles.
Can I switch employers after my Kubernetes Engineer PERM is filed?
You can change employers after your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is current or within 180 days of USCIS receiving your I-485, under AC21 portability rules. The new role must be in the same or similar occupational classification. Switching employers before I-140 approval generally requires starting the PERM process over with the new company.