Job Description
Kubernetes Platform Architecture: Architect and maintain production-grade Kubernetes platforms across cloud (AKS, EKS, GKE) and on-premises (K3s, microk8s) environments. Own the full lifecycle — cluster provisioning, upgrades, node pool management, and disaster recovery. Deployment Automation & Marketplace Publishing: Develop and maintain automation using Helm, ARM templates, BICEP, Terraform, and CloudFormation to streamline worker node provisioning on Azure Marketplace, AWS Marketplace, and Reduce customer setup complexity so clients don't need advanced Kubernetes expertise on-site. Container Hardening & Vulnerability Management: Lead our container-hardening program by adopting secure base images for distributed components including Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Temporal and Vault. Own the systematic reduction of CVEs flagged by Vulnerability Scanners. CI/CD & Release Engineering: Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines ensuring zero-downtime deployments, automated rollbacks, and full auditability. Drive GitOps practices, Improve DevEx and infrastructure-as-code across the team. Observability & Platform Reliability: Design monitoring, alerting, diagnostics, and self-healing capabilities using Datadog, Loki, Promtail. Ensure the platform is optimized for performance, logarithmic cost growth, and high-throughput scaling across thousands of tenant environments. Incident Response & Production Support: Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation for production service interruptions. Participate in on-call rotation and drive systemic fixes to prevent recurrence. Mentorship & Technical Leadership: Mentor engineers, drive DevOps best practices across teams, and raise the technical bar for infrastructure engineering quality.