Istio Service Mesh Engineer

Moovx

full-time

Posted on: 9/2/2025

Origin: • 🇦🇷 Argentina

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Mid-LevelSenior

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGrafanaKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Support, manage, and optimize Istio across Kubernetes production environments, leading design and implementation of traffic management, security (mTLS, authN/Z), and observability.
Deploy, configure, and manage Istio for Kubernetes-based applications.
Design traffic management (routing, circuit breaking, load balancing, canary releases).
Monitor and troubleshoot mesh components to ensure high availability and performance.
Work with Dev and Ops to optimize microservices communication and observability using Istio.
Automate installation and configuration of Istio components with Helm and DevOps tooling.
Perform regular upgrades and maintenance of Istio and related components.
Provide technical guidance, documentation, and training on service mesh best practices.

Strong understanding of service mesh architecture, networking, and security principles.
Hands-on experience deploying and operating Istio in Kubernetes (production).
Expertise implementing mTLS, authorization policies, and authentication mechanisms in Istio.
Proficiency with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Datadog.
Automation with Helm and at least one of Terraform or Ansible.
Experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
Strong scripting in Bash or Python.
Familiarity with CI/CD and GitOps practices (pipelines, deployments, config repos).
Familiarity with certificate management for mesh workloads.
Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
Istio Certified Associate (or similar certification) (Nice to Have).
Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid cloud mesh deployments (Nice to Have).
Knowledge of Envoy and/or API gateways like Kong (Nice to Have).