DevOps - Kubernetes Engineer for Desktop and Cloud

Hiring for SRE Lead

Exp: 7 - 12 yrs

Work Location : Mumbai ( Kurla West )

WFO

Skills :

Proficient in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Kubernetes/Docker), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet). 

Coding/Scripting: Strong programming or scripting skills in at least one language (e.g., Python, Go, Java) for automation and tooling development.

 System Knowledge: Deep understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals, networking concepts, and distributed systems.

We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes infrastructure design and implementation. This role requires someone who can architect, build, and manage enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters from the ground up. You’ll lead modernization initiatives, shape infrastructure strategy, and work with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.

🚀 Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design & Implementation

• Architect and design enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Build production-ready Kubernetes infrastructure with HA, scalability, and security best practices.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps workflows.
• Set up monitoring, logging, and observability for Kubernetes workloads.
• Design and execute backup and disaster recovery strategies for containerized applications.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead a team of 3–4 DevOps engineers, providing technical mentorship.
• Drive best practices in containerization, orchestration, and cloud-native development.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployment strategies.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain infrastructure quality standards.
• Build knowledge-sharing culture with documentation and training.

Operational Excellence

• Manage and scale CI/CD pipelines integrated with Kubernetes.
• Implement security policies (RBAC, network policies, container scanning).
• Optimize cluster performance and cost-efficiency.
• Automate operations to minimize manual interventions.
• Ensure 99.9% uptime for production workloads.

Strategic Planning

• Define the infrastructure roadmap aligned with business needs.
• Evaluate and adopt new cloud-native technologies.
• Perform capacity planning and cloud cost optimization.
• Drive risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

🛠 Must-Have Technical Skills

Kubernetes Expertise

• 6+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture (etcd, API server, scheduler, kubelet).
• Advanced Kubernetes networking (CNI, Ingress, Service mesh).
• Strong grasp of Kubernetes storage (CSI, PVs, StorageClasses).
• Experience with Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs).

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform (advanced proficiency).
• Helm (developing and managing complex charts).
• Config management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux).

Cloud Platforms

• Hands-on experience with at least 2 of the following:
• AWS: EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation
• Azure: AKS, VNets, ARM templates
• GCP: GKE, Compute Engine, Deployment Manager

CI/CD & DevOps Tools

• Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Docker (advanced optimization and security practices)
• Container registries (ECR, ACR, GCR, Docker Hub)
• Strong Git workflows and branching strategies

Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus & Grafana (metrics and dashboards)
• ELK/EFK stack (centralized logging)
• Jaeger/Zipkin (tracing)
• AlertManager (intelligent alerting)

💡 Good-to-Have Skills

• Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)
• Serverless (Knative, OpenFaaS, AWS Lambda)
• Running databases in Kubernetes (Postgres, MongoDB operators)
• ML pipelines (Kubeflow, MLflow)
• Security tools (Aqua, Twistlock, Falco, OPA)
• Compliance (SOC2, PCI-DSS, GDPR)
• Python/Go for automation
• Advanced Shell scripting (Bash/PowerShell)

🎓 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Certifications (preferred):
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Cloud provider certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Experience

• 6–7 years of DevOps/Infrastructure engineering.
• 4+ years of Kubernetes in production.
• 2+ years in a lead role managing teams.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and microservices.

• Development/Technical support experience in preferably DevOps.
• Looking for an engineer to be part of GitHub Actions support. Experience with CI/CD tools like Bamboo, Harness, Ansible, Salt Scripting.
• Hands-on expertise with GitHub Actions and CICD Tools like Bamboo, Harness, CI/CD Pipeline stages, Build Tools, SonarQube, Artifactory, Nuget, Proget Veracode, LaunchDarkly, GitHub/Bitbucket repos, Monitoring tools.
• Handelling Xmatters,Techlines,Incidents
• Strong Scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash/Shell Scripting) for Implementing automation scripts and Tools to streamline administrative tasks and improve efficiency.
• An Atlassian Tools Administrator is responsible for managing and maintaining Atlassian products such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo.
• Expertise in Bitbucket, GitHub for version control and collaboration global level.
• Good experience on Linux/Windows systems activities, Databases.
• Aware of SLA and Error concepts and their implementations; provide support and participate in Incident management & Jira Stories. Continuously Monitoring system performance and availability, and responding to incidents promptly to minimize downtime.
• Well-versed with Observability tool as Splunk for Monitoring, alerting and logging solutions to identify and address potential issues, especially in infrastructure.
• Expert with Troubleshooting production issues and bugs. Identifying and resolving issues in production environments.
• Experience in providing 24x5 support.
• GitHub Actions
• Atlassian Tools (Bamboo, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence)
• Build Tools (Maven, Gradle, MS Build, NodeJS)
• SonarQube, Veracode.
• Nexus, JFrog, Nuget, Proget
• Harness
• Salt Services, Ansible
• PowerShell, Shell scripting
• Splunk
• Linux, Windows

Interested candidates are requested to email their resumes with the subject line "Application for [Job Title]".

Only applications received via email will be reviewed. Applications through other channels will not be considered.

Job Description

The client’s department DPS, Digital People Solutions, offers a sophisticated portfolio of IT applications, providing a strong foundation for professional and efficient People & Organization (P&O) and Business Management, both globally and locally, for a well-known German company listed on the DAX-40 index, which includes the 40 largest and most liquid companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

We are seeking talented DevOps-Engineers with focus on Elastic Stack (ELK) to join our dynamic DPS team. In this role, you will be responsible for refining and advising on the further development of an existing monitoring solution based on the Elastic Stack (ELK). You will independently handle tasks related to architecture, setup, technical migration, and documentation.

The current application landscape features multiple Java web services running on JEE application servers, primarily hosted on AWS, and integrated with various systems such as SAP, other services, and external partners. DPS is committed to delivering the best digital work experience for the customers employees and customers alike.

Responsibilities:

Install, set up, and automate rollouts using Ansible/CloudFormation for all stages (Dev, QA, Prod) in the AWS Cloud for components such as Elastic Search, Kibana, Metric beats, APM server, APM agents, and interface configuration.

Create and develop regular "Default Dashboards" for visualizing metrics from various sources like Apache Webserver, application servers and databases.

Improve and fix bugs in installation and automation routines.

Monitor CPU usage, security findings, and AWS alerts.

Develop and extend "Default Alerting" for issues like OOM errors, datasource issues, and LDAP errors.

Monitor storage space and create concepts for expanding the Elastic landscape in AWS Cloud and Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE).

Implement machine learning, uptime monitoring including SLA, JIRA integration, security analysis, anomaly detection, and other useful ELK Stack features.

Integrate data from AWS CloudWatch.

Document all relevant information and train involved personnel in the used technologies.

Requirements:

Experience with Elastic Stack (ELK) components and related technologies.

Proficiency in automation tools like Ansible and CloudFormation.

Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud services.

Experience in creating and managing dashboards and alerts.

Familiarity with IAM roles and rights management.

Ability to document processes and train team members.

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Skills & Requirements

Elastic Stack (ELK), Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, APM, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS Cloud, AWS CloudWatch, IAM roles, AWS security, Automation, Monitoring, Dashboard creation, Alerting, Anomaly detection, Machine learning integration, Uptime monitoring, JIRA integration, Apache Webserver, JEE application servers, SAP integration, Database monitoring, Troubleshooting, Performance optimization, Documentation, Training, Problem-solving, Security analysis.

Key Responsibilities:-

• Collaborate with Data Scientists to test and scale new algorithms through pilots and later industrialize the solutions at scale to the comprehensive fashion network of the Group

• Influence, build and maintain the large-scale data infrastructure required for the AI projects, and integrate with external IT infrastructure/service to provide an e2e solution

• Leverage an understanding of software architecture and software design patterns to write scalable, maintainable, well-designed and future-proof code

• Design, develop and maintain the framework for the analytical pipeline

• Develop common components to address pain points in machine learning projects, like model lifecycle management, feature store and data quality evaluation

• Provide input and help implement framework and tools to improve data quality

• Work in cross-functional agile teams of highly skilled software/machine learning engineers, data scientists, designers, product managers and others to build the AI ecosystem within the Group

• Deliver on time, demonstrating a strong commitment to deliver on the team mission and agreed backlog

Now, more than ever, the Toast team is committed to our customers. We’re taking steps to help restaurants navigate these unprecedented times with technology, resources, and community. Our focus is on building a restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. And because our technology is purpose-built for restaurants by restaurant people, restaurants can trust that we’ll deliver on their needs for today while investing in experiences that will power their restaurant of the future.

At Toast, our Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) are responsible for keeping all customer-facing services and other Toast production systems running smoothly. SREs are a blend of pragmatic operators and software craftspeople who apply sound software engineering principles, operational discipline, and mature automation to our environments and our codebase. Our decisions are based on instrumentation and continuous observability, as well as predictions and capacity planning.

About this roll* (Responsibilities) 

• Gather and analyze metrics from both operating systems and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding
• Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
• Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplift
• Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service level objectives

Troubleshooting and Supporting Escalations:

• Gather and analyze metrics from both operating systems and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding
• Diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations across infrastructure, databases, web, and mobile applications
• Implement strategies to increase system reliability and performance through on-call rotation and process optimization
• Perform and run blameless RCAs on incidents and outages aggressively, looking for answers that will prevent the incident from ever happening again

Do you have the right ingredients? (Requirements)

• Extensive industry experience with at least 7+ years in SRE and/or DevOps roles
• Polyglot technologist/generalist with a thirst for learning
• Deep understanding of cloud and microservice architecture and the JVM
• Experience with tools such as APM, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, and Docker
• Experience developing software or software projects in at least four languages, ideally including two of Go, Python, and Java
• Experience with cloud computing technologies ( AWS cloud provider preferred)

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• Understanding customer requirements and project KPIs
• Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure
• Planning the team structure, activities, and involvement in project management activities.
• Managing stakeholders and external interfaces
• Setting up tools and required infrastructure
• Defining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for https://www.simplilearn.com/top-benefits-of-learning-devops-article" target="_blank">DevOps operation
• Have the technical skill to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project.
• Troubleshooting techniques and fixing the code bugs
• Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing the wastage
• Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible
• Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Incidence management and root cause analysis
• Coordination and communication within the team and with customers
• Selecting and deploying appropriate https://www.simplilearn.com/best-ci-cd-tools-article" target="_blank">CI/CD tools
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (https://www.simplilearn.com/open-source-pipeline-tools-for-devops-article" target="_blank">CI/CD Pipeline)
• Mentoring and guiding the team members 
• Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs
• Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the management and the customer

About the client :

Asia’s largest global sports media property in history with a global broadcast to 150+ countries. As the world’s largest martial arts organization, they are a celebration of Asia’s greatest cultural treasure, and its deep-rooted Asian values of integrity, humility, honor, respect, courage, discipline, and compassion. Has achieved some of the highest TV ratings and social media engagement metrics across Asia with its unique brand of Asian values, world-class athletes, and world-class production. Broadcast partners include Turner Sports, Star India, TV Tokyo, Fox Sports, ABS-CBN, Astro, ClaroSports, Bandsports, Startimes, Premier Sports, Thairath TV, Skynet, Mediacorp, OSN, and more. Institutional investors include Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, GIC, Iconiq Capital, Greenoaks Capital, and Mission Holdings. Currently has offices in Singapore, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Milan, Beijing, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, and Bangalore.

Position : Devops Engineer – SDE3

As part of the engineering team, you would be expected to have deep technology expertise with a passion for building highly scalable products. This is a unique opportunity where you can impact the lives of people across 150+ countries!

Responsibilities

• Develop Collaborate in large-scale systems design discussions.

• Deploying and maintaining in-house/customer systems ensuring high availability, performance and optimal cost.

• Automate build pipelines. Ensuring right architecture for CI/CD

• Work with engineering leaders to ensure cloud security

• Develop standard operating procedures for various facets of Infrastructure services (CI/CD, Git Branching, SAST, Quality gates, Auto Scaling)

• Perform & automate regular backups of servers & databases. Ensure rollback and restore capabilities are Realtime and with zero-downtime.

• Lead the entire DevOps charter for ONE Championship. Mentor other DevOps engineers. Ensure industry standards are followed.

Requirements

• Overall 5+ years of experience in as DevOps Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer

• B.E/B.Tech in CS or equivalent streams from institute of repute

• Experience in Azure is a must. AWS experience is a plus

• Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, and containers

• Proficiency in developing and deploying fully automated environments using Puppet/Ansible and Terraform

• Experience with monitoring tools like Nagios/Icinga, Prometheus, AlertManager, Newrelic

• Good knowledge of source code control (git)

• Expertise in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment setup using Azure Pipeline or Jenkins

• Strong experience in programming languages. Python is preferred

• Experience in scripting and unit testing

• Basic knowledge of SQL & NoSQL databases

• Strong Linux fundamentals

• Experience in SonarQube, Locust & Browserstack is a plus

Specific responsibilities commensurate with experience and include:

• Ability to react quickly and effectively to identify and resolve issues that heavily impact CI/CD system (immediate mitigation of impact, long-term resolution including strategies for risk mitigation/monitoring/alert for proactive resolution of potential future occurrences)
• Design, develop, unit test, and implement build automation scripts including environment configuration validation processes
• Automate and improve development process by evaluation and introduction of new tools and scripts, and manage their life cycle and validation
• Determine branching strategy and maintain branches for various components, products, and product lines
• Come up with solutions to open-ended problems that focus on workflow improvements for the Software department
• Address issues with well-defined requirements efficiently; come up with short-term and long-term solutions and staged deployment strategies
• Self-driven-- takes action to move tickets from start to completion with minimal oversight
• Ability to communicate with and consider perspectives of stakeholders including but not limited to: IT, software development, verification
• Ability to break down a problem into smaller components and solve them in a logical, controlled, clearly explainable approach
• Lead the creation and maintenance of a pre-production environment as a testbed for build process improvements and changes before deployment to the production environment
• Gather metrics via direct input, data based on analysis of developer working habits analysis and pain points to assess current state and areas requiring further improvement
• Define chain of communication and immediate paths of action in the case of a build fault state
• Ability to work within constraints of the internal network without access to commercial cloud solutions
• Create metrics that define ‘efficiency’ and ‘reliability’ in measurable terms, and track them
• Perform static code and security analysis
• Design and execute unit tests and perform code coverage analysis
• Able to work in Agile development team environment

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• 6+ years (minimum) experience handling Build, Release, and Deployment of software on Windows and/or Linux environments (on-premise)
• Experience with the development and deployment of CM processes and tools
• Build automation for .NET using TeamCity (Jenkins is an asset)
• Scripting languages: Windows batch scripting, Powershell, Ant/NAnt
• Source control systems usage, branching strategies, and workflow (Git preferred, Subversion)
• 6+ years of hands-on programming experience with C# and .NET (both Framework and Core)
• Troubleshooting and debugging-- what information to gather when there are issues with CI/CD system, and how to gather it (i.e., analyzing network communication? Windows crash dumps, java logs, etc.)
• 6+ years (minimum) in web/desktop application software development experience
• Excellent problem solving, critical and analytical thinking
• Strong team player who understands SDLC and QA methodologies
• A professional, results-oriented individual with a high degree of self-motivation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate work/activities with multiple software/IT teams
• Working with virtual machines and build management on virtual machines (VMware preferred).
• Managing configurations for multiple build environments
• OS administration and scripting experience (Windows is a must, Linux desired)
• Experience with test automation tools (NUnit, customer inhouse frameworks) and strategies is an asset
• Creation and maintenance of monitoring and alert systems (Zabbix)
• Familiarity with databases (SQL-based) - create, modify, optimize (via script)
• Data and metrics gathering, aggregation, and reporting
• Experience with work management and documentation tools: JIRA and Confluence