Kubernetes and Container Hardening

Overview

Designed and implemented a Kubernetes security hardening program for multi-tenant clusters. Established pod security policies and admission controller rules to enforce least-privilege configurations, integrated Falco for runtime monitoring, and implemented guardrails to prevent insecure deployments. Conducted security reviews of Helm charts and IaC templates to standardize secure cluster configurations.

Role

Director acting as lead DevSecOps architect, partnering with platform engineering to adopt secure configurations.

Impact

Lowered misconfiguration risk, prevented privilege escalation, and boosted organizational confidence in scaling SaaS workloads securely.

Technologies, Frameworks, and Artifacts

• Kubernetes
• Pod security policies and OPA
• Admission controller guardrails
• Falco runtime monitoring
• Kyverno policy enforcement