Sr. Kubernetes Engineer
Eli Lilly and Company1 day ago
Bengaluru, IndiaMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters end to end across managed offerings such as EKS or ROSA.
- Develop and maintain custom Kubernetes controllers and operators in Go, including CRDs, reconciliation logic, finalizers, and admission webhooks.
- Create automation, tooling, and services in Go or Python for platform operations, onboarding, and reviews.
- Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize, including modules, state, and policy-as-code.
- Own CI/CD and GitOps pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Artifactory, and Checkmarx.
- Implement node and workload autoscaling using Karpenter, Cluster Autoscaler, HPA/VPA, and KEDA.
- Partner with application teams on onboarding, migration, go-live, and technical documentation.
- Operate observability and troubleshooting practices for platform and application issues, including production support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4–7 years of experience in Platform or DevOps engineering, including running Kubernetes in production.
- Hands-on experience with at least one managed Kubernetes offering such as EKS, AKS, ROSA, or ARO; multiple offerings are preferred.
- Strong Go programming experience building Kubernetes controllers and operators; Python experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes internals and extension points, including CRDs, controllers, operators, admission webhooks, finalizers, client-go, and controller-runtime.
- Experience with CI/CD and GitOps tooling including GitHub, GitHub Actions, Argo CD or Flux, and Artifactory or an equivalent artifact-management tool.
- Working knowledge of AWS and/or Azure core services, networking, and IAM.
- Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, or Mimir, plus log analysis in Splunk or a similar tool.
- Experience with Linux, containers, and container runtimes, with strong troubleshooting skills across network and operating-system layers.
Benefits
- Full-time employee position.
- Flexible hours may be required to support platform operations.
- Some on-call or non-standard-hours support may be required depending on platform incident volume.
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About Eli Lilly and Company
Eli Lilly and Company researches, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines and biologics for patients, sold through healthcare providers, pharmacies, and payers. Core therapeutic areas include diabetes, oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and obesity. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Indianapolis, it is a public company (NYSE: LLY) with global operations and is building a new advanced manufacturing site for gene therapy and other modalities in Lebanon, Indiana.