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Marriott International · 1 month ago

Architect - Kubernetes Cloud Platform Engineering

Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$118K/yr - $199K/yr

8+ years exp

Marriott International is the world’s largest hotel company, and they are seeking an Architect of Kubernetes, Cloud Platform Engineering to lead engineering delivery and operations for containerized platforms. This role involves defining the Kubernetes platform architecture and driving technical direction to enhance automation and security in a multi-cloud environment.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Full ownership of the Kubernetes platform lifecycle – Provisioning, automation and modernization

Operationally responsible for enterprise Kubernetes platform, serving in oncall rotation and as an escalation point of contact for any platform outages

Experience designing and deploying Kubernetes clusters (e.g., OpenShift, EKS, AKS, GKE) from scratch using GitOps and automation

Proficiency in automating cluster provisioning and configuration using Terraform

Ability to configure control plane components, including networking (CNI), storage classes, RBAC, and pod security policies

Experience implementing multi-tenancy, namespace isolation, and resource quotas

Hands-on experience with Helm chart development and Kubernetes Operators

Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) for traffic routing, mTLS, and workload observability

Proven ability to modernize application platforms to support container-based microservices

Experience building CI/CD pipelines integrated with Kubernetes, including GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)

Ownership of cluster lifecycle management, including upgrades, patching, backup/restore, and disaster recovery

Integration of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry) at the platform level

Implementation of platform-level security controls, including policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper), secrets management (Vault), and IAM governance

Ability to enable developer self-service through platform tooling and automation

Experience supporting high-availability and fault-tolerant infrastructure for mission-critical workloads

Serve as technical lead for a team of the Kubernetes engineers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative environment

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as software engineers, system administrators, and security teams, to ensure the alignment of security requirements throughout the development process

Deploy, automate, maintain, and manage cloud infrastructure to ensure security, performance, and availability of production systems

Code solutions to continuously improve products and solutions to be scalable and highly available

Review issues logs and metrics to identify trends and solutions that should be implemented

Maintain in-depth documentation of activities and system configuration

Perform troubleshooting, resolution, and problem analysis

Participate in architectural discussions to help Application Teams make the most efficient choices

Leads the "big picture" of challenges impacting the customer experience, including the technical, functional, and process considerations, and creatively defines the D&O strategy to address those challenges

Develops and communicates a point of view on complex technical topics. Aligns multiple domains, both technical and non-technical, on this common vision

Creates and articulates an innovative and compelling value proposition so that MI executives clearly realize the benefits and transformational value of automation

Interviews talent, provides peer reviews/feedback frequently and fosters a modern engineering culture

Functions as a strategic senior technical expert within the department

Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work

Champions leaders’ vision for product and service delivery

Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to promote feature completion

Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems

Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement new products, features and enhancements

Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams

Provides and helps implement recommendations to improve the effectiveness of solutions, processes and products

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes

Applies knowledge/judgment to resolve problems and achieve business goals

Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job

Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position

Qualification

KubernetesCloud technology stacksInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD pipelinesTerraformHelmGitOpsMulti-cloud environmentService Mesh technologiesGoRustPythonKanbanTechnical leadershipCollaboration

Required

Undergraduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification

8+ years of progressive technology experience with a blend of deep technical knowledge and a customer-focused mindset that includes:

5+ years in an engineering role as a strategic thinker that relates technology solutions to customer use cases

4+ years' experience with Public Cloud technology stacks such as AWS, Azure, GCP or Alibaba

4+ years' experience with containers – Kubernetes solution design, deployment, management and orchestration across multi-cloud environment

5+ years' experience driving highly technical architecture, and driving outcomes with automation and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Helm

3+ years' experience building and operating CI/CD – build, deploy, release automation through pipelines

Delivery focused with experience in Kanban

Preferred

Ability to design end-to-end architecture that supports 99.99% service availability with performance and cost considerations

Familiarity with cloud native database technologies (Amazon RDS, Aurora, Keyspaces, DocumentDB, Redis/Elasticache, Azure CosmosDB)

Familiarity with distributed systems such as Kafka, Couchbase, Cassandra, etc

Familiarity with Go, Rust and/or Python

Exposure to Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, or Consul Connect

Excellent technical knowledge of current & emerging infrastructure systems & standards

Strong knowledge of the best available tools, software, applications, and systems for attaining best-in-class technology platforms across the enterprise

Ability to create constructive relationships, influence, and communicate (to product team, engineering management, and non-technical staff)

Benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Discounts at Marriott properties

Commuter benefits

Employee assistance plan

Childcare discounts

Coverage for medical

Dental

Vision

Health care flexible spending account

Dependent care flexible spending account

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Accident insurance

Adoption expense reimbursements

Paid parental leave

Educational assistance

Paid sick leave

0.077 PTO balance for every hour worked

Minimum of 9 holidays annually

Company

Marriott International

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Marriott International, Inc.

Founded in 1927

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

10001+ employees

http://travel-brilliantly.marriott.com

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