Istio Service Mesh Engineer

Join LATAM's Most Talented Team Who We Are

We are a global IT service company based in Uruguay, serving humans like humans. Our main focus is on providing staffing and delivery team services to companies seeking a strategic partner for their products and services. Our mission is to revolutionize people’s lives through work, individually improving their world and our ecosystem.

In 2019, 2020, and 2021, we received the award for being one of the best B2B development companies in Latin America by Clutch, and we are ranked number 10 on the list of companies in Argentina by The Manifest. We are also verified as a service provider in Latin America by the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) and partners with CUTI.

Right now, we are looking for an Istio Service Mesh Engineer to join our team —

Istio Service Mesh Engineer – Senior

As a Senior Istio Service Mesh Engineer, you will support, manage, and optimize Istio across Kubernetes production environments. You’ll lead the design and implementation of traffic management, security (mTLS, authN/Z), and observability, partnering with development and operations teams to ensure a reliable, performant, and secure microservices ecosystem.

Required Skills and Experience

• 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.

Nice to Have

• Istio Certified Associate (or similar certification).

• Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid cloud mesh deployments.

• Knowledge of Envoy and/or API gateways like Kong.

• 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.

• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder collaboration.

• Ownership mindset, analytical thinking, and a bias for reliability and security.

• Thorough documentation and knowledge-sharing habits.

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries throughout LATAM.

• Hybrid work from our offices in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.

• Work on global projects with leading-edge technologies.

• A team culture that values learning, autonomy, and collaboration.

⚖ Fair Decisions, Free of Bias

We guarantee a recruitment process based on skills, qualifications, and experience. All candidates will be evaluated solely on their abilities, ensuring fairness and avoiding discrimination of any kind.

‍ Apply and Start Now!

Be a part of a company that values innovation, talent, and collaboration. Take the next step in your career as an Istio Service Mesh Engineer—help us raise the bar for secure, observable, and scalable microservices.