9 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver Kubernetes platform workstreams from planning and pre-work through documentation and rollout.
- Manage lifecycle upgrades across Kubernetes clusters, node operating systems, service meshes, ingress, and platform add-ons.
- Design and improve GitOps-driven provisioning, cluster lifecycle automation, and standardized Helm charts.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, diagnose incidents to root cause, and drive follow-up actions.
- Partner with application teams on resource optimization, rightsizing, workload resiliency, and platform blockers.
- Strengthen container security, networking, runtime policy enforcement, secrets management, image supply chain controls, and ingress/API gateway configuration.
- Shape the Kubernetes roadmap, estimate scope, sequence work, and identify risks.
- Mentor engineers, review designs and changes, and improve documentation and operational practices.
- Maintain runbooks, standards, and internal technical documentation.
- Automate recurring operational work and handle change requests and troubleshooting tickets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production, including at least 2 years across multiple clusters or regions.
- Experience with Kubernetes distributions or environments such as Rancher/RKE2, Tanzu, OpenShift, PCF, EKS, AKS, or upstream Kubernetes.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes ecosystem and platform tooling such as ArgoCD, Kong, Vault, Traefik, NeuVector, Istio, ingress-nginx, cert-manager, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Understanding of container runtimes such as containerd and Docker, including cluster upgrade and node lifecycle mechanics.
- Proficiency in Bash and Python, or PowerShell and Go, with experience automating work through code, Ansible, or GitOps.
- Ability to independently lead complex cross-team technical projects and make design decisions with minimal supervision.
- Experience mentoring or technically guiding less experienced engineers.
- Preferred experience with container networking and security, CNI, network policy, runtime security, TLS, certificates, Cluster API, infrastructure-as-code, vSphere, storage integrations, monitoring, logging, CI/CD, backup and disaster recovery, VMware, and public cloud.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a globally distributed environment, adapt to changing demands, operate under pressure, and work flexible hours across time zones.
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About Solera
Solera provides SaaS platforms, data, and services spanning the vehicle lifecycle—claims, repairs, dealer operations, telematics, and fleet management—for insurers, repairers, dealerships, and fleets. Its portfolio includes Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, LoJack, and Spireon, and it processes over 300 million transactions annually for about 235,000 customers in 90+ countries. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Westlake, Texas, Solera is privately held under Vista Equity Partners.