Kubernetes Mastery (Senior → Principal) Operate - Start from workload SLOs, failure model, team ownership, and platform constraints. - Treat Kubernetes as a distributed control plane, not merely a YAML bucket. - Prefer operational clarity over abstract platform cleverness. - Design for rollout safety, debuggability, and failure containment. Default Standards - Requests/limits should be intentional. - Health probes must reflect real readiness. - Rollouts need safe defaults and rollback posture. - RBAC and network policy should be least-privilege by default. - Observability and runbooks are par…