Senior Cloud Engineer (Infrastructure Experience) | Colombia

Who We Are

At MAS Global Consulting, we are a premium digital engineering partner trusted by innovative startups and Fortune 100 companies, delivering high-impact solutions through agile delivery, deep technical expertise, and a strong people-first culture across the Americas.

We build long-term partnerships, not just software. MAS means “more” in Spanish, and that mindset drives our commitment to greater opportunity, inclusion, and impact.

Founded by a Latina engineer from Medellín and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, MAS Global Consulting is a 100% Hispanic and woman-owned company, recognized as a Great Place to Work and one of the Fastest-Growing Companies in the US.

Who You Are

You’re a Senior Cloud Engineer working on the infrastructure side of cloud engineering, with deep hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments.

You’re used to working in critical, high-volume systems, where reliability and zero downtime are essential. You collaborate closely with Platform, Infrastructure, and SRE teams, and you’re comfortable integrating infrastructure work with CI/CD and GitOps workflows while communicating clearly with stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and execute the migration of Istio service mesh deployments from IstioOperator-based configurations to Helm-managed installations across production EKS clusters.
• Ensure zero-downtime upgrades, preserving traffic routing, security policies, and observability configurations.
• Design and implement safe migration strategies, including rollback and failure recovery procedures.
• Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes networking and service mesh issues, including Envoy proxy behavior and traffic management policies.
• Work closely with platform teams to integrate service mesh deployments into existing CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
• Support production-grade traffic management patterns, including canary releases and gradual traffic shifting.
• Create and maintain documentation, migration guides, and runbooks for operating the upgraded service mesh.
• Provide knowledge transfer to internal engineering teams to ensure long-term ownership and maintainability.
• Communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions clearly to stakeholders throughout the engagement.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments.
• Deep expertise with Istio service mesh, including migrations from legacy deployment patterns to modern approaches.
• Strong understanding of Helm, including templating, dependency management, and release lifecycle practices.
• Experience operating AWS EKS clusters and related networking components, including load balancers, ingress, and CNI plugins such as Cilium.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills for distributed systems, using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and tracing systems.
• Proven ability to execute complex infrastructure migrations with minimal service disruption.
• English proficiency at B2+ level or higher.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with CNCF ecosystem tooling and GitOps-based deployment models.
• Experience integrating service mesh architectures into CI/CD pipelines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.