Job Description – IoT Subject Matter Expert (SME)

6 Month Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced IoT Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide technical leadership in the design, deployment, security and operation of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms. The successful candidate will work across engineering, architecture and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure and resilient IoT solutions spanning edge devices, gateways, networking and cloud-native platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for IoT architecture, platforms and best practices.
• Design and implement scalable IoT solutions supporting device connectivity, telemetry collection and edge computing.
• Develop secure device onboarding, identity management and certificate lifecycle processes.
• Design and support Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms hosting IoT services and edge workloads.
• Implement and manage IoT networking, including MQTT, AMQP, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs and secure communications using TLS/mTLS.
• Design service mesh architectures using Istio to secure service-to-service communication and traffic management.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Helm and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD.
• Build automation using Python, Go or Bash for device provisioning, monitoring and operational processes.
• Define observability standards using Prometheus, Grafana and logging platforms to monitor IoT platforms and connected devices.
• Support incident response, troubleshooting and root cause analysis across distributed IoT environments.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement Zero Trust principles, network segmentation and compliance with industry standards.
• Provide technical mentoring and guidance to engineering teams and contribute to architectural roadmaps.