Senior engineers, on demand
Senior Cilium experts, embedded in your team
In your Slack within a week. Billed by the hour, no retainer, no lock-in.
Design, implement, secure, optimize, and operate Cilium Experts for production Kubernetes networking across multi-cluster environments, Cluster Mesh, policy governance, and reliable eBPF performance.
Your senior Cilium engineer
In your Slack, within a week
Backed by a lead architect and the full MeteorOps bench
- acceptance rate
- 0.7%acceptance rate
- average experience
- 9+ yrsaverage experience
- projects shipped
- 80+projects shipped
Trusted by Leading Companies
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Running and scaling Cilium Experts in production requires discipline across: multi-cluster networking and Cluster Mesh design, network policy governance, security/compliance enforcement, eBPF datapath reliability, cost/performance tuning, and Kubernetes/observability integrations.
Many organizations struggle to translate flow and policy telemetry into consistent enforcement while keeping upgrades and day-2 operations predictable.
MeteorOps’ Cilium Experts experts design resilient architectures, harden and validate policies, automate upgrades and rollouts, and implement monitoring plus runbooks—so your team maintains secure, reliable connectivity without slowing delivery.
One senior engineer on your team, billed how you choose
No agency layers, no fixed retainer. A vetted, senior Cilium engineer joins your team and does the real work, from a one-off fix to a full platform build. You meet them first, and pay only for the time they put in.
- A named senior Cilium engineer from the top 0.7% we vet, not an agency queue
- In your Slack within a week, doing the actual hands-on work
- Billed by the hour, hours-bank, or monthly. No retainer, no lock-in
- A lead architect and a full expert bench standing behind them
Three ways to engage
By the hour
Pay only for hours used. Scale up or down any month, no commitment.
Hours bank
Buy a block of hours at a lower rate, drawn down whenever you need them.
Monthly
A dedicated engineer embedded with your team, billed month to month.
Switch between them as your needs change. No lock-in, ever.
Our Cilium Experts Expertise in Action
We’ve delivered and supported Cilium Experts for startups through regulated, high-uptime enterprises running multi-cluster Kubernetes at scale. Our engineers master Cluster Mesh design, eBPF datapath tuning, and policy governance to improve reliability, security, scalability, and compliant, predictable change.
Cluster Mesh & Multi-Cluster Connectivity
Mesh topology, CIDR planning, service discovery, failover design, egress routing, latency testing.
Network Policy Governance
Deny-by-default baselines, CiliumNetworkPolicy templates, label conventions, exception workflows, policy linting, CI regression tests.
Zero Trust & Encryption
mTLS policies, SPIFFE/SPIRE identities, node-to-node encryption, L7 HTTP rules, audit logging, key rotation.
eBPF Datapath Tuning
kube-proxy replacement, MTU alignment, conntrack sizing, BPF map tuning, CPU profiling, tail-latency baselines.
Observability & Troubleshooting
Hubble flows, dropped-packet analysis, DNS visibility, service dependency maps, alert thresholds, runbook triage.
Ingress, Gateway API & Routing
Gateway API rollout, Ingress integration, BGP/L2 announcements, external load balancers, egress gateways, NAT policies.
Automation, IaC & GitOps
Helm values patterns, Kustomize overlays, Argo/Flux sync, drift detection, policy checks in CI, repeatable clusters.
Upgrades, Migrations & Reliability
Version skew planning, canary upgrades, datapath migration steps, rollback playbooks, post-upgrade validation, chaos testing.
How an engagement runs
- Step 1
Discovery call
We map your current Cilium setup, the pain, and where you want to be.
- Step 2
Plan you approve
We turn that into a scoped plan and roadmap. You decide before any work starts.
- Step 3
Meet your engineer
A best-fit senior Cilium engineer, matched to your stack. You meet them first.
- Step 4
In your Slack
Within a week they join your channels and start the real, hands-on work.
- Step 5
Ship and validate
Changes land with testing, scalability, and security checks at each step.
- Step 6
Ongoing support
Stay on for managed ops and a full expert bench, or wind down. No lock-in.
They work across the whole stack
Your Cilium engineer is a full-stack platform specialist, fluent from the cloud underneath to the CI/CD and observability around it. Not a single-tool hire.
Cloud & compute
Where it runs
Provisioning & IaC
How it is built
Orchestration
Cilium
Your engineer operates here, and across everything it touches.
Delivery & GitOps
How it ships
Observability
How it is watched
Why MeteorOps?
Elite Talent
Architecture design, readiness assessments, and DevOps roadmaps.
Proven Track Record
80+ successful projects across industries.
Flexible Engagements
From quick audits to full implementations.
End-to-End Support
Design, deployment, training, and ongoing ops.
Security First
Kubernetes hardening and compliance baked into every project.
Trusted Partner
Recognized by global clients and cloud partners.
Why Our Experts Outperform In-House Teams and Freelancers.
Quality of Talent
- MeteorOps
- In-House
- Freelancers
Hands-on Multi-Cloud Experience
- MeteorOps
- In-House
- Freelancers
Project Delivery Speed
- MeteorOps
- Fast
- In-House
- Moderate
- Freelancers
- Unreliable
Ongoing Support
- MeteorOps
- In-House
- Freelancers
Cost Efficiency
- MeteorOps
- Pay per project
- In-House
- Full-time salaries
- Freelancers
- Variable rates
Security & Compliance
- MeteorOps
- In-House
- Freelancers
Proven Track Record
- MeteorOps
- In-House
- Freelancers
Risk of Turnover
- MeteorOps
- Low
- In-House
- Medium
- Freelancers
- High
success stories and proven results
Case Studies
The people who would do your Cilium work
Senior engineers from our vetted bench. You meet your match before anything starts.
Questions before you bring in a Cilium engineer
01How does pricing work?
You pay for engineering time, not an opaque package. We can bill monthly for actual hours, use a prepaid hours bank, or reserve steady monthly capacity. Before work starts, we explain the rate, expected shape, and what could change it.
02Do we meet the engineer before committing?
Yes. You meet the engineer proposed for the work and can assess the technical and working fit yourself. The person introduced is the person expected to join your channels and do the work.
03Is this Cilium advice or hands-on implementation?
Both. The same senior engineer can assess the system, explain the trade-offs, and implement the agreed changes. We do not separate a strategy team from a delivery team unless the work genuinely needs another specialist.
04How will we see progress and hours?
Work happens in your normal tools and communication channels. You get regular working updates and a detailed hour log describing where billed time went, so progress is visible before the invoice arrives.
05What happens when priorities change?
You can redirect the engagement as the production reality changes. We will explain the consequence for timing and hours, then work from the priority you choose instead of starting a scope-change negotiation.
06Can we start with something small?
Yes. A focused review, decision, or small implementation is often the best first engagement. You can evaluate the engineer and the working model before expanding the scope or monthly capacity.
Get a senior Cilium engineer on your team
Book a free consultation. We will map your Cilium goals and show you exactly who would do the work, before you commit to anything.
Free, no-obligation consultation. We reply within one business day.