A shortlist typically within 72 hours, usually contributing inside two weeks, and 30-day replacement support if the fit is wrong (terms in your agreement).
Shortlist typically in 72 hours · 30-day replacement support · Month-to-month
Kubernetes can run almost anything, which is both its strength and its trap. Teams adopt it for scale and portability, then find themselves maintaining dozens of YAML files, a handful of operators nobody understands, and clusters that are a few versions behind because upgrades feel risky.
A senior Kubernetes engineer keeps the platform simple: sensible defaults, GitOps for every change, resource requests that match reality, and upgrades on a regular schedule.
Reading events, logs and metrics to find why a pod, node or network path is failing.
Argo CD or Flux with clean repository structure.
Requests, limits, autoscaling and capacity planning based on real data.
RBAC, network policies, pod security and image scanning.
Prometheus, Grafana, logs and alerts that point to causes.
Planned, tested cluster and add-on upgrades on a regular schedule.
Wasted capacity. Requests set far above real usage leave nodes half empty while the bill stays full.
Outages from small changes. Missing readiness probes, no pod disruption budgets and manual kubectl edits turn routine deploys into incidents.
Security gaps. Containers running as root, broad service account permissions and unscanned images are common findings.
Every engineer we put forward has at least five years of hands-on experience. Within that, here is how the levels differ.
Senior Engineer (5–8 years). Runs workloads on EKS, AKS or GKE with Helm or Kustomize, Argo CD or Flux, Prometheus and Grafana. Comfortable debugging networking, storage and scheduling issues.
Platform Lead (8+ years). Designs the internal platform, multi-cluster strategy, security policies, upgrade process and developer experience. Often holds CKA or CKS certification.
Cluster builds and migrations. New EKS, AKS or GKE clusters, or moving from self-managed Kubernetes or VMs
GitOps and CI/CD. Argo CD or Flux so every change is reviewed and reversible
Cost and autoscaling. Rightsizing requests, cluster autoscaler or Karpenter, and spot capacity where safe
Security hardening. Pod security standards, network policies, image scanning and secrets management
Week one. They review clusters, versions, manifests, monitoring and how deploys happen today.
Weeks two and three. First improvements delivered through Git: probes, resource requests, alerts and quick security fixes.
Week four. A written plan for upgrades, cost, security and developer workflow, ranked by risk.
Adopting Kubernetes too early. For a few services, a managed container service may be simpler. A good engineer will tell you.
Manual changes in production. kubectl edits that bypass Git cause drift and surprises. GitOps prevents that.
Skipping upgrades. Each skipped version makes the next upgrade riskier. Plan them as routine work.
Rates depend on seniority, scope and engagement length. See the cost guide for market ranges, or tell us the role and we will give you a firm number.
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