IMESH is looking for a hands-on engineer who enjoys troubleshooting Kubernetes networking issues .
? Location: Bhubaneswar
? Experience: 2–4 years
?? Role: Kubernetes Networking Engineer
What you’ll work on
- Troubleshoot Kubernetes networking and application connectivity issues
- Diagnose traffic flow across Pods, Services, Endpoints, DNS and NetworkPolicies
- Work with Linux networking and Kubernetes networking fundamentals
- Investigate issues involving routing, connectivity, service discovery and network policies
- Debug real-world production issues and identify root causes , not just symptoms
- Work with modern cloud-native networking technologies such as Cilium, eBPF, Istio and Envoy
What we’re looking for
- 2–4 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes / cloud-native infrastructure
- Strong understanding of Linux and networking fundamentals
- Good understanding of:
- Pods & Services
- DNS & Service Discovery
- Endpoints / EndpointSlices
- NetworkPolicies
- Kubernetes networking
- Solid troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to use tools such as kubectl, Linux networking utilities and logs to investigate issues
- Comfortable working hands-on from the command line
- Good communication skills and the ability to clearly explain technical problems and solutions
Nice to have Experience with Cilium, eBPF, Istio, Envoy, service mesh or Kubernetes networking internals is a strong plus.
Who would enjoy this role?
This role is for someone who genuinely enjoys questions like:
“The application is running. The Service exists. The Pods are healthy. So why isn't the traffic getting through?”
If you enjoy tracing packets, reading logs, digging through Kubernetes objects, understanding network behaviour and solving problems that others find difficult, you’ll enjoy working at IMESH.
Practical Assignment
As part of our hiring process, shortlisted candidates will complete a hands-on Kubernetes networking assignment designed to test practical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.