Cloud Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – BANG | 10+ Years

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 10+ Years

Job Description:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP environments.
• Strong experience in cloud architecture, compute, storage, networking, and security.
• Manage VMs, VPC/VNet, load balancers, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and IAM.
• Hands-on experience with Windows/Linux servers, VMware, virtualization, and infrastructure operations.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, and capacity using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or CloudWatch/Azure Monitor.
• Handle incident management, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability requirements.
• Work with cross-functional teams to support cloud migration, infrastructure upgrades, and production environments.
• Ensure infrastructure follows security, compliance, and operational best practices.

Must-Have Skills:

Cloud Infrastructure | AWS/Azure/GCP | Networking | Linux/Windows | VMware | Terraform | Ansible | DNS/DHCP | IAM | Monitoring | Backup & DR

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity (Entra ID), and governance services.

2+ years of experience with DevOps tooling and practices, including CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM), and version control (Git).

2+ years' experience in infrastructure design, platform engineering, or architecture.

Strong proficiency with automation and scripting — PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or Bash.

Solid understanding of containerisation (Docker) and familiarity with orchestration platforms (Azure Kubernetes Service).

Deep understanding of cloud architecture, deployment patterns, and management best practices, including the Azure Well-Architected Framework.

Experience defining standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures for cloud platform consumption.

Strong knowledge of networking concepts, storage configurations, virtualisation technologies, and disaster recovery/backup design for hybrid environments.

Experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts) or equivalent platforms.

Familiarity with identity and access management (IAM), including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM.

Strong understanding of security, compliance requirements, and IT governance frameworks (ITIL, COBIT, or similar).

Preferred

Senior Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (CSRE) – Azure

About Searce:

Searce is an AI-native, engineering-led modern technology consultancy that empowers

clients to futurify their businesses by delivering real, intelligent business outcomes. As a

trusted partner for over 3,000 clients globally, Searce specializes in cloud modernization,

data engineering, applied AI, and robust cloud platform security. Driven by a "HAPPIER"

cultural mindset and our proprietary evlos problem-solving framework, we eliminate

bureaucratic fluff to build working prototypes fast and scale enterprise production

environments intelligently. We don't just fix systems; we leverage multi-cloud technologies

to transform client operations into distinct competitive advantages.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a high-caliber Senior or Lead Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (CSRE) to

architect, secure, and stabilize next-generation hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Operating at the intersection of infrastructure design, security compliance, and production

operations, you will serve as the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) across GCP, Azure,

and AWS.

Whether optimizing a microservice mesh on GKE, tuning autoscaling on AKS, or driving a

massive disaster recovery drill across AWS regions, your focus will be absolute reliability. For

the Lead path, you will couple this deep engineering toolkit with stakeholder management

and mentorship to drive an elite operational culture.

Experience & Level Expectation:

Years of Experience: 3 to 10 years of intensive, hands-on production operations

experience in a dedicated DevOps, Cloud Platform Engineering, or SRE role.

Associate level (3-5 Years): Expected to show flawless execution of IaC, advanced

triaging of infrastructure failures, and ownership of the CI/CD and deployment

lifecycles.

Intermediate level (5-10 Years): Expected to take architectural ownership, serve as

primary Incident Commander for complex outages, design cross-cloud governance

frameworks, and act as a reliable bridge between technical teams and client

leadership.

Key Responsibilities & Role Expectations:

Multi-Cloud Platforms & Orchestration: Design, configure, and maintain

production-grade Kubernetes clusters across major platforms (AKS).

Manage advanced network routing, service meshes (e.g., Istio), and multi-tenant

isolation.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & GitOps: Build declarative, enterprise-grade, reusable

infrastructure components using Terraform or Crossplane. Standardize automated

environment provisioning to eliminate configuration drift across multi-branch

environments.

Incident Management & Reliability (SRE): Own and optimize the production on-call

rotation. Lead rapid mitigation strategies for Sev-1/Sev-2 system outages, reducing

Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) through centralized log and metric correlation.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Facilitate rigorous, blameless post-incident reviews to

identify core architectural vulnerabilities and establish long-term fixes preventing

recurrence.

Lifecycle, Patching & Upgrades: Plan and execute zero-downtime cluster upgrades,

operating system patching strategies (Linux/Windows), database lifecycle updates,

and multi-region Disaster Recovery (DR) failover drills.

Core Core Operations & Legacy Integration: Manage enterprise-level hybrid

networking architecture (VPCs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, DNS routing, and DHCP

configurations) while effectively connecting cloud native services to legacy

infrastructures like Active Directory.

Security & Governance: Embed Zero Trust policies, secure secrets management

(Secrets Manager/Key Vault), and continuous vulnerability patching into the

automated SDLC pipeline.

Required Technical Skills:

- Microsoft Azure: Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Azure Active Directory, Azure Update Management.

- Containers & Orchestration

• Production-level management of GKE, AKS, and EKS.
• Advanced mastery of Docker, Helm, Kubernetes StatefulSets, Pod Disruption

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in enterprise networking, cloud networking, network security, routing, switching, and troubleshooting. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing secure and highly available network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and manage enterprise network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls and load balancers.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF and static routing.
• Manage LAN, WAN, VLANs, VPNs, subnets, NAT, DNS and DHCP.
• Implement and support cloud networking across AWS and Azure, including VPC, VNet, route tables, Network Security Groups (NSGs), security groups and private endpoints.
• Configure site-to-site VPNs, remote-access VPNs, AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute.
• Troubleshoot network connectivity, latency, packet loss, MTU issues and routing problems.
• Monitor network performance, availability and capacity using network monitoring tools.
• Implement network security policies, firewall rules, access controls and segmentation.
• Support hybrid cloud connectivity and on-premises-to-cloud network migration.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security and application teams to resolve network incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA), document network configurations and maintain operational runbooks.
• Support change management, disaster recovery and high-availability requirements

We are looking for a hands-on Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead the infrastructure build, optimization, automation, and production deployment of a Multi-Agent AI Chatbot Platform hosted on AWS. The development environment is already in place, and the successful candidate will drive the solution through testing, integrations, and production go-live.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, validate, and optimize existing Terraform code and AWS infrastructure.
• Establish and manage integrations with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow, Workday, and other third-party systems.
• Design, build, and support secure, scalable, and highly available AWS environments.
• Implement and automate CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Lead infrastructure testing, performance tuning, and production readiness activities.
• Drive deployment and operationalization of the platform in the Production environment.
• Implement cloud governance, security, monitoring, and FinOps best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of IT experience with strong expertise in AWS Cloud Engineering.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing AWS production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline automation and DevOps practices.
• Expertise in AWS services including VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and networking.
• Experience in performance optimization, reliability, and cloud cost management (FinOps).
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications through APIs and secure connectivity patterns.

Tasks & Responsibilities: (Major task and role person will have to perform – list all the relevant points)    

Together with the Business Cloud Services team, you will design, deploy, and operate a cloud‑native Kubernetes PaaS platform on Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence.

Your main duties include:

·      Drive cloud‑native automation and self‑service capabilities, ensuring platform security, availability, and disaster recovery readiness

·      Design, operate, and continuously improve Kubernetes clusters and PaaS environments on Azure / AKS

·      Collaborate closely with development teams on deployment strategies, operational requirements, and platform integration

·      Review and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code configurations, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud‑native deployments

·      Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

·      Implement and operate infrastructure‑as‑code solutions using Terraform, Helm, and Ansible

·      Manage containerized workloads and orchestration across cloud‑native environments

·      Set up, operate, and enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting stacks using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

·      Coordinate with support teams on platform incidents, escalations, and post‑incident analysis

·      Contribute to incident response, continuous improvement, and operational stability

·      Support the development and refinement of DevOps practices, runbooks, and operational standards

·      Actively contributes to improving developer experience and platform reliability

Education & Trainings + Certifications: (Basic & Professional)

·      Bachelor’s degree (Preferably engineering graduate)

·      Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification is a plus.

·      (optional) ITIL Foundation 

Technical know-how: (Mention the technology on which person must be experienced)

Mandatory

o  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field

o  5+ years of relevant professional experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles

o  Strong Linux system administration skills for operating production‑grade cloud‑native platforms

o  Proven experience with Microsoft Azure, including AKS and Azure DevOps tooling

o  Strong expertise in Kubernetes, including cluster operations, RBAC, networking, and storage

o  Hands‑on experience with container technologies such as Docker and container registries

o  Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, and PowerShell

o  Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or equivalent tools

o  Cloud‑native monitoring and observability experience using Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting pipelines

o  Solid understanding of security and compliance requirements such as PCI DSS and SOC2

o  Scripting skills for automation and tooling (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

o  Practical experience using Git for version control

o  Excellent communication skills in English (Spanish is a plus)

o  Automation‑first mindset and strong collaboration skills within Agile teams

Good to know

Principles of Agile Software Development.

·      GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps

·      Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS / AKS / GKE)

·      Configuration Management: Ansible

Job Title : SDE 3 – Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Experience : 5.5 to 8.5 Years

Number of Positions : 2

Employment Type : C2H (Contract to Hire)

Work Mode : Remote during contractual period → 5 Days WFO after conversion

Contract Duration : 3 Months

Post-Conversion Location : Pune

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners / Serving Notice Period / Up to 15 Days preferred

(Candidates officially serving a 30-day notice period may also be considered if they are on the bench and have a negotiable joining date)

Role Overview :

We are looking for an experienced SDE 3 – Infrastructure Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and highly reliable cloud infrastructure and internal platform capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, automation, observability, networking, and distributed systems.

Mandatory Skills : AWS / Azure / GCP, Terraform / CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Platform / Infrastructure Engineering, Python / Go / Java / Ruby, Networking, Cloud Security, Distributed Systems, Scalability & Reliability, Strong Coding & Automation.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and maintain scalable, highly available infrastructure on AWS / GCP / Azure.
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Develop automation for infrastructure provisioning, deployments, monitoring, and operations.
• Manage and optimize Docker and Kubernetes workloads.
• Build internal platform tools to improve developer productivity and engineering efficiency.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Participate in incident response, RCA, postmortems, and reliability improvements.
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Contribute to system design, architecture discussions, scalability, security, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with application, data, and product engineering teams.

Required Skills :

• 5.5 to 8.5 years of experience in Infrastructure / Platform Engineering or similar roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong expertise in Terraform / CloudFormation.
• Experience with CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Strong programming skills in at least one of:
• Python, Go, Java, or Ruby.
• Good understanding of networking, cloud security, distributed systems, scalability, and reliability.
• Experience working with production infrastructure and highly available systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have :

• Experience with SRE practices and production on-call ownership.
• Experience in fintech, payments, banking, or transaction-heavy systems.
• Knowledge of cloud security, compliance, or FinOps/cost optimization.
• Experience building internal developer platforms or productivity tools.
• Previous product company experience.

Interview Process :

Round 1 : Take-Home Coding Assignment – Submit within 48 hours

Round 2 : Coding Assignment Discussion – 1 Hour

Round 3 : Technical Managerial Round – 30 Minutes

Note : The take-home coding assignment is mandatory. Candidates should be comfortable completing and submitting the assignment within 48 hours before proceeding.

Ideal Candidate :

Strong Platform / Infrastructure Engineer with hands-on experience in :

Cloud + Terraform / CloudFormation + Kubernetes + CI/CD + Programming + SRE / Production Operations

Pure DevOps profiles without strong coding and platform engineering experience are not preferred.

Cloud Engineers – 2nd Shift – 4+ Years Experience

Required Qualifications:

• Strong experience in AWS infrastructure components and operational management (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM).
• Proficiency in IaC tools such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Solid scripting skills in Python, Bash, or equivalent for automation tasks.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK).
• Familiarity with network fundamentals: DNS, firewall rules, virtual networks.
• Strong troubleshooting mindset and experience resolving production-level issues.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills to maintain system knowledge and collaborate with teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications (e.g., SysOps Administrator).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/ECS).
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling like Terraform, DevOps, GitHub Actions, or any other DevOps tools.
• CI/CD pipeline, infra pipelines.
• AWS services like compute, network, storage, security.
• Migration experience like Discovery/Assessments, TA, Infra Design.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, or DevOps, with strong hands-on GCP experience.
• GCP Expertise: GKE, Compute Engine, IAM, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and Load Balancing.
• Kubernetes & Containers: GKE, Docker, Kubernetes networking, Helm, and troubleshooting.
• DevOps & IaC: Azure DevOps, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Scripting: Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Security & Operations: Cloud security, IAM, monitoring, incident management, and cost optimization.
• Leadership & Ownership: Proven experience in team leadership, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, managing multiple product-line deliverables, and handling competing priorities and ad hoc requests.
• Additional Advantage: Experience with Microsoft Azure.

About the company:

We empower US healthcare payers with a truly next-generation, cloud-native, holistic, and customizable platform designed to prevent and adapt to the ever-evolving inaccuracies in healthcare claims and payments. By reducing complexity and administrative costs, we offer a unified, healthcare-dedicated platform backed by top VCs like BeeNext, 3One4 Capital, and Saison Capital.

Position Overview:

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team in Bengaluru. In this role, you will be responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available multi-cloud infrastructure that supports our engineering teams. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and robust monitoring/observability stacks to enable seamless, reliable, and automated deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Container Orchestration: Deploy, scale, and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, and GKE).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Build and maintain modular, reusable, and version-controlled infrastructure using Terraform across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Monitoring & Observability: Set up, manage, and optimize monitoring, logging, and alerting stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Loki, Datadog).
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Own, improve, and automate CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and frictionless software releases.
• System Reliability & SRE Practices: Implement best practices for system reliability, including defining SLIs/SLOs, managing incident response, and participating in on-call support.
• Troubleshooting & Support: Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers.
• Security & Compliance: Implement infrastructure security best practices, including IAM policies, secrets management, and network security.
• Automation: Eliminate repetitive operational tasks by writing clean, efficient scripts in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Operations & Planning: Participate in capacity planning, cost optimization, disaster recovery, and infrastructure scaling initiatives while maintaining clear documentation and runbooks.

Requirements :

• Solid working experience with cloud providers, specifically AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of containerization (Docker) and container orchestration concepts.
• Familiarity with Linux system administration and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD/Flux is a plus).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications :

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)

Key Skills:

• The ideal candidate must possess deep expertise in container orchestration, specifically hands-on experience managing Kubernetes ecosystems—including Helm charts, cluster networking, and RBAC policies—alongside a foundational mastery of Docker containerization.
• Proficiency in managing cloud architecture as software is essential, with a heavy emphasis on Terraform execution, including advanced module creation, state management, and multi-environment workspaces.
• A strong capability to implement full-stack visibility is required, utilizing tools like Prometheus, the Grafana LGMT stack, ELK/EFK, or Loki to build highly optimized monitoring, alerting, and logging systems.
• Candidates should have a proven track record of constructing and scaling automated deployment pipelines using industry-standard platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps to minimize release friction. .
• Strong core programming fundamentals are required to automate repetitive infrastructure tasks, with practical proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Familiarity with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies is highly desirable, including enterprise service meshes (Istio, Linkerd), comprehensive cloud security frameworks (HashiCorp Vault, OPA, Trivy), and a data-driven approach to cloud cost management and FinOps practices.

Work Location: Jayanagar - Bangalore.

Work Mode: Work from Office, hybrid- 3 days WFO

Note: We are looking for immediate joiners & Bangalore Candidates only

Benefits:

• Best-in-class compensation
• Health insurance for Family
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Friendly and Flexible Leave Policy
• Certification and Course Reimbursement
• Medical Coding CEUs and Membership Renewals
• Health checkup
• And many more!