Kubernetes and Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for backend, frontend, and mobile applications.
• Manage cloud infrastructure using AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS).
• Configure and maintain Docker containers and/or Kubernetes clusters.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform / CloudFormation.
• Automate build, deployment, and monitoring processes.
• Manage code repositories using Git/GitHub/GitLab, enforce branching strategies.
• Implement monitoring and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK, Splunk.
• Ensure system scalability, reliability, and security.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment and development workflows.
• Optimize infrastructure costs and improve performance.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS cloud services.
• Experience with Docker, containers, and orchestrators (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Experience with Linux administration and shell scripting.
• Strong understanding of Networking, VPC, DNS, Load Balancers, Security Groups.
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools: CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation (IaC).
• Good understanding of Node.js or similar application deployments.
• Knowledge of NGINX/Apache and load balancing concepts.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred/Good to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS).
• Experience with Serverless architectures (Lambda).
• Experience with Redis, MongoDB, RDS.
• Certification in AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer.
• Experience with security best practices, IAM policies, and DevSecOps.
• Understanding of cost optimization and cloud cost management.

Job Description

Position - SRE developer / DevOps Engineer

Location - Mumbai

Experience- 3- 10 years

About HaystackAnalytics:

HaystackAnalytics is a company working in deep technology of genomics, computing and data science for creating the first of its kind clinical reporting engine in Healthcare. We are a new but well funded company with a tremendous amount of pedigree in the team (IIT Founders, IIT & IIM core team). Some of the technologies we have created are a global first in infectious disease and chronic diagnostics. As a product company creating a huge amount of IP, our Technology and R&D team are our crown jewels. With early success of our products in India, we are now expanding to take our products to international shores. 

Inviting Passionate Engineers to join a new age enterprise:  

At HaystackAnalytics, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many challenges and puzzles that come with our rapidly evolving stack that deals with Healthcare and Genomics.

We’re looking for full stack engineers who are passionate problem solvers, ready to work with new technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. Here, you will take complete, end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. 

Our ideal candidate has experience building enterprise products and has understanding and experience of working with new age front end technologies, web frameworks, APIs, databases, distributed computing,back end languages, caching, security, message based architectures et al.

You’ll be joining a small team working at the forefront of new technology, solving the challenges that impact both the front end and back end architecture, and ultimately, delivering amazing global user experiences.

Objectives of this Role:

• Work across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth
• Ideate and develop new product features in collaboration with domain experts in healthcare and genomics 
• Develop state of the art enterprise standard front-end and backend services
• Develop cloud platform services based on container orchestration platform 
• Continuously embrace automation for repetitive tasks
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality by using clean coding principles and solid design patterns 
• Build robust tech modules that are Unit Testable, Automating recurring tasks and processes  
• Engage effectively with team members and collaborate to upskill and unblock each other

Frontend Skills 

• HTML 5  
• CSS framework ( LESS/ SASS ) 
• Es6 / Typescript 
• Electron app / TAURI
• Component library ( Webcomponents / radix / material ) 
• CSS ( tailwind) 
• State management --> Redux / Zustand / Recoil 
• Build tools - > (webpack/vite/Parcel/turborepo)
• Frameworks -- > Next JS / 
• Design patterns 
• Test Automation Frameworks (cypress playwright etc )
• Functional Programming concepts  
• Scripting ( bash , python )

Backend Skills 

1. Node / Deno / bun - Express / NEST JS 
2. Language : Typescript / Python / Rust / 
3. REST / GRAPHQL 
4. SOLID Design Principles
5. Storage (mongodb/ Object Storage / postgres ) 
6. Caching ( Redis / In memory Data grid )
7. Pub sub (KAFKA / SQS / SNS / Event bridge / RabbitMQ) 
8. Container Technology ( Docker / Kubernetes )  
9. Cloud ( azure , aws , openshift ) 
10. GITOPS 
11. Automation ( terraform , Serverless ) 

Other Skills 

• Innovation and thought leadership
• UI - UX design skills  
• Interest in learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies to grow
• Communication 

• Job Title - DevOps Engineer

• Reports Into - Lead DevOps Engineer

• Location - India

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm

• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best

• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 

• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA

• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind

• On site gym - take care of yourself

• Relocation support - available

• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars

• Pitch and make your own games on https://www.kwalee.com/blog/inside-kwalee/what-are-creative-wednesdays/">Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a DevOps Engineer you have a passion for automation, security and building reliable expandable systems. You develop scripts and tools to automate deployment tasks and monitor critical aspects of the operation, resolve engineering problems and incidents. Collaborate with architects and developers to help create platforms for the future.

Your Team Mates

The DevOps team works closely with game developers, front-end and back-end server developers making, updating and monitoring application stacks in the cloud.Each team member has specific responsibilities with their own projects to manage and bring their own ideas to how the projects should work.  Everyone strives for the most efficient, secure and automated delivery of application code and supporting infrastructure.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Find ways to automate tasks and monitoring systems to continuously  improve our systems.

• Develop scripts and tools to make our infrastructure resilient and efficient.

• Understand our applications and services and keep them running smoothly.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 1 years of experience on a dev ops engineering role

• Deep experience with Linux and Unix systems

• Networking basics knowledge (named, nginx, etc)

• Some coding experience  (Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)

• Experience with common automation tools (Ex. Chef, Terraform, etc)

• AWS experience is a plus

• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best 

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

Who we are :

Stanza Living is India's largest and fastest growing tech-enabled, managed accommodation company that delivers a hospitality-led living experience to migrant students and young working professionals across India. We have a full-stack business model that focuses on design, development and delivery of daily living solutions tailored to the young consumers' lifestyle. From smartly-planned residences, host of amenities and services for hassle-free living to exclusive community engagement programmes - everything is seamlessly integrated through technology to ensure the highest consumer delight.

Today, we are :

• India's largest managed accommodation company with over 75,000+ beds under management across 25+ cities
• Most capitalized player in the managed accommodation space, backed by global marquee investors - Falcon Edge, Equity International, Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, Accel Partners
• Recognized as the Best Real Estate Tech company across the Globe in 2020 by leading analysis agency, Tracxn
• LinkedIn Top Startup to Work for - 2019

Objectives of this role :

- Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company

- Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance

- Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to developer teams to build their cloud competencies

- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards for code quality and thoughtful design

- Manage cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines

Job Description :

- Excellent understanding of Cloud Platform (AWS)

- Strong knowledge on AWS Services, design, configuration on enterprise systems

- Good knowledge on Kubernetes configuration, Dockers

- Understanding the needs of the business for defining AWS system specifications

- Understand Architecture Requirements and ensure effective support activities

- Evaluation and choosing suitable AWS Service or and suggesting methods for integration

- Overseeing assigned programs and guiding the team members

- Providing assistance when technical problems arise

- Making sure the agreed infrastructure and architecture are implemented

- Addressing the technical concerns, suggestions, and ideas

- Configure Monitoring systems to make sure they meet business goals as well as user requirements

- Excellent knowledge of AWS IaaS Layer

- Ability to lead & implement PS workloads or POCs

- Ensure continual knowledge management

• Good experience in AWS services like Elastic Compute Cloud(EC2), IAM, RDS, API Gateway, Cognito, etc.
• Using GIT, SonarQube, Ansible, Nexus, Nagios, etc.
• Strong experience in creating, importing and launching volumes with security groups, auto-scaling, Load Balancers, Fault-tolerant
• Experience in configuring Jenkins job with related Plugins for     Building, Testing, and Continuous Deployment to accomplish the complete CI/CD.

Job description

The role requires you to design development pipelines from the ground up, Creation of Docker Files,  design and operate highly available systems in AWS Cloud environments. Also involves Configuration Management, Web Services Architectures, DevOps Implementation, Database management, Backups, and Monitoring.

Key responsibility area
- Ensure reliable operation of CI/CD pipelines
- Orchestrate the provisioning, load balancing, configuration, monitoring and billing of resources in the cloud environment in a highly automated manner
- Logging, metrics and alerting management.
- Creation of Bash/Python scripts for automation
- Performing root cause analysis for production errors.Requirement
- Proficient in Linux Commands line and troubleshooting.
- Proficient in AWS Services. Deployment, Monitoring and troubleshooting applications in AWS.
- Hands-on experience with CI tooling preferably with Jenkins. 
- Proficient in deployment using Ansible.
- Knowledge of infrastructure management tools (Infrastructure as cloud) such as terraform, AWS cloudformation etc.
- Proficient in deployment of applications behind load balancers and proxy servers such as nginx, apache. 
- Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Groovy.
- Experience with Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting tools like ELK(Elastic-search, Logstash, Kibana), Nagios. Graylog, splunk Prometheus, Grafana is a plus.

Must Have:
Linux, CI/CD(Jenkin), AWS, Scripting(Bash,shell Python, Go), Ngnix, Docker.

Good to have
Configuration Management(Ansible or similar tool), Logging tool( ELK or similar), Monitoring tool(Ngios or similar), IaC(Terraform, cloudformation).

What will you do?  

• Setup, manage Applications with automation, DevOps, and CI/CD tools. 
• Deploy, Maintain and Monitor Infrastructure and Services. 
• Automate code and Infra Deployments. 
• Tune, optimize and keep systems up to date. 
• Design and implement deployment strategies. 
• Setup infrastructure in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM cloud, Digital Ocean etc as per requirement.