Serve as the technical lead and owner for the Compute platform (On Prem and EKS)
Responsible for the deployment of containerized applications across a cluster of bare-metal servers using ansible, terraform etc.
Facilitate automatic scaling of containerized applications based on demand.
Manage utilization of compute resources such as CPU, memory, and storage across the cluster.
Implement monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to track the health and performance of bare metal clusters and infrastructure components.
Set up alerting mechanisms to detect and respond to issues proactively.
Recover from failures by restarting failed containers or reallocating workloads to healthy nodes.
Work closely with development and engineering teams to establish CI/CD pipelines for automating the deployment and rollout of Kubernetes services.
Support seamless rolling updates allowing new versions to be deployed gradually while maintaining application availability.
Identify performance bottlenecks in containerized environments and optimize resource utilization through capacity planning, auto-scaling, and performance tuning.
Document processes, procedures, and best practices related to the platform operations and share knowledge with team members.
Partner with SREs to define platform SLAs, uptime targets, resilience benchmarks, and alerting/monitoring.
Lead incident response and root cause analysis, automating recovery workflows and improving platform resiliency.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience, typically 12 years in a DevOps or Systems Engineering role.
Familiarity with containerized technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes etc.
Experience implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools and systems.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Shell scripting (Bash).
Automation scripting with tools such as Ansible playbooks.
Deploying infrastructure via Terraform
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, IPv4/IPv6 networking, Load Balancing, and protocols.
Familiarity with CNCF ecosystem tools and emerging trends in platform engineering.
Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters.
Experience upgrading Kubernetes clusters with no to minimal downtime.
Experience configuring service mesh, network policy controls, and multi-tenancy in Kubernetes.
Strong Kubernetes, cloud native, containerization expertise in a hybrid-cloud enterprise environment and as a solution architect.
Strong Spark skills.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information.
Strong written communication skills are essential, as well as the ability to create clear and informative documentation.
Ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
Flexibility to work off-hours for on-call duties.
Relevant certifications, such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Tech Stack
Ansible
Cloud
DNS
Docker
Grafana
Java
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Python
Shell Scripting
Spark
TCP/IP
Terraform
Benefits
Best-in-class Benefits
Expert guidance and always-on tools personalized to meet support needs