Kubernetes Engineer

∙Need 8+ years of experience in Devops CICD 

∙Managing large-scale AWS deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and k8s developer tools 

∙Managing build/test/deployment of very large-scale systems, bridging between developers and live stacks 

∙Actively troubleshoot issues that arise during development and production 

∙Owning, learning, and deploying SW in support of customer-facing applications 

∙Help establish DevOps best practices 

∙Actively work to reduce system costs 

∙Work with open-source technologies, helping to ensure robustness and secureness of said technologies 

∙Actively work with CI/CD, GIT and other component parts of the build and deployment system 

∙Leading skills with AWS cloud stack 

∙Proven implementation experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, Flux, Helm charts) 

at scale 

∙Proven experience with Kubernetes at scale 

∙Proven experience with cloud management tools beyond AWS console (k9s, lens) 

∙Strong communicator who people want to work with – must be thought of as the ultimate collaborator 

∙Solid team player 

∙Strong experience with Linux-based infrastructures and AWS 

∙Strong experience with databases such as MySQL, Redshift, Elasticsearch, Mongo, and others 

∙Strong knowledge of JavaScript, GIT 

∙Agile practitioner 

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.

Hands on Experience with Linux administration

Experience using Python or Shell scripting (for Automation) 

Hands-on experience with Implementation of CI/CD Processes 

Experience working  with one cloud platforms (AWS or Azure or Google) 

Experience working with configuration management tools such as Ansible & Chef 

Experience working with  Containerization tool Docker.

Experience working with Container Orchestration tool Kubernetes.

Experience in source Control Management including SVN and/or Bitbucket

& GitHub

Experience with setup & management of monitoring tools like Nagios, Sensu & Prometheus or any other popular tools 

Hands-on experience in Linux, Scripting Language & AWS is mandatory

Troubleshoot and Triage development, Production issues

About Us

Zupee is India’s fastest-growing innovator in real money gaming with a focus on predominant skill-focused games. Started by 2 IIT-Kanpur alumni in 2018, we are backed by marquee global investors such as WestCap Group, Tomales Bay Capital, Matrix Partners, Falcon Edge, Orios Ventures, and Smile Group.

Know more about our recent funding: https://bit.ly/3AHmSL3

Our focus has been on innovating in the board, strategy, and casual games sub-genres. We innovate to ensure our games provide an intersection between skill and entertainment, enabling our users to earn while they play.

Location: We are location agnostic & our teams work from anywhere. Physically we are based out of Gurugram

Core Responsibilities:

• Handling all Devops activities
• Engage with development teams to document and implement best practices for our existing and new products
• Ensure reliability of services by making systems and applications stable
• Implement DevOps technologies and processes i.e. containerization, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, metrics, monitoring, etc.
• Good understanding of Terraform (or similar ‘Infrastructure as Code’ technologies)
• Good understanding of modern CI/CD methods and approaches
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application development, deployment, and operations
• The expertise of AWS ecosystem (EC2, ECS, S3, VPC, ALB, SG)
• Experience in monitoring production systems and being proactive to ensure that outages are limited
• Develop and contribute to several infrastructure improvement projects around performance, security, autoscaling, and cost-optimization

What are we looking for:

• AWS cloud services – Compute, Networking, Security and Database services
• Strong with Linux fundamentals
• Experience with Docker & Kubernetes in a Production Environment
• Working knowledge of Terraform/Ansible
• Working Knowledge of Prometheus and Grafana or any other monitoring system
• Good at scripting with Bash/Python/Shell
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline preferably AWS DevOps
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• A top-notch DevOps Engineer will demonstrate excellent leadership skills and the capacity to mentor subordinates
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Openness to learning new tools and technologies
• Startup Experience would be a plus

• Works independently without any supervision
• Work on continuous improvement of the products through innovation and learning. Someone with a knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Experience in deploying highly complex, distributed transaction processing systems.
• Stay abreast with new innovations and the latest technology trends and explore ways of leveraging these for improving the product in alignment with the business.
• As a component owner, where the component impacts across multiple platforms (5-10-member team), work with customers to obtain their requirements and deliver the end-to-end project.

Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer. Experience with the Golang cycle is a plus
• At least one End to End CI/CD Implementation experience
• Excellent Problem Solving and Debugging skills in DevOps area· Good understanding of Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Hands-on Build/Package tool experience· Experience with AWS services Glue, Athena, Lambda, EC2, RDS, EKS/ECS, ALB, VPC, SSM, Route 53
• Experience with setting up CI/CD pipeline for Glue jobs, Athena, Lambda functions
• Experience architecting interaction with services and application deployments on AWS
• Experience with Groovy and writing Jenkinsfile
• Experience with repository management, code scanning/linting, secure scanning tools
• Experience with deployments and application configuration on Kubernetes
• Experience with microservice orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes, Openshift, HashiCorp Nomad)
• Experience with time-series and document databases (e.g. Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Prometheus)
• Experience with message buses (e.g. Apache Kafka, NATS)
• Experience with key-value stores and service discovery mechanisms (e.g. Redis, HashiCorp Consul, etc)
  
  

• Experience in implementing DevOps practices and DevOps-tools in areas like CI/CD using Jenkins environment automation, and release automation, virtualization, infra as a code or metrics tracking.
• Hands on experience in DevOps tools configuration in different environments.
• Strong knowledge of working with DevOps design patterns, processes and best practices
• Hand-on experience in Setting up Build pipelines.
• Prior working experience in system administration or architecture in Windows or Linux.
• Must have experience in GIT (BitBucket, GitHub, GitLab)
• Hands-on experience on Jenkins pipeline scripting.
• Hands-on knowledge in one scripting language (Nant, Perl, Python, Shell or PowerShell)
• Configuration level skills in tools like SonarQube (or similar tools) and Artifactory.
• Expertise on Virtual Infrastructure (VMWare or VirtualBox or QEMU or KVM or Vagrant) and environment automation/provisioning using SaltStack/Ansible/Puppet/Chef
• Deploying, automating, maintaining and managing Azure cloud based production systems including monitoring capacity.
• Good to have experience in migrating code repositories from one source control to another.
• Hands-on experience in Docker container and orchestration based deployments like Kubernetes, Service Fabric, Docker swarm.
• Must have good communication skills and problem solving skills

DevOps Engineer responsibilities include deploying product updates, identifying production issues, and implementing integrations that meet customer needs. If you have a solid background in working with cloud technologies, set up efficient deployment processes, and are motivated to work with diverse and talented teams, we’d like to meet you.

Ultimately, you will execute and automate operational processes fast, accurately, and securely.

Skills and Experience

• 4+ years of experience in building infrastructure experience with Cloud Providers ( AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience in deploying containerized applications build on NodeJS/PHP/Python to kubernetes cluster.

• Experience in monitoring production workload with relevant metrics and dashboards.

• Experience in writing automation scripts using Shell, Python, Terraform, etc.

• Experience in following security practices while setting up the infrastructure. 

• Self-motivated, able, and willing to help where help is needed

• Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility  

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage various resources across different cloud providers. (Azure, AWS, and GCP)

• Monitor and optimize infrastructure cost.

• Manage various kubernetes clusters with appropriate monitoring and alerting setup.

• Build CI/CD pipelines to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of various services into kubernetes infrastructure.

• Work closely with the development team on upcoming features to determine the correct infrastructure and related tools.

• Assist the support team with escalated customer issues.

• Develop, improve, and thoroughly document operational practices and procedures. 

• Responsible for setting up good security practices across various clouds.