Senior Staff Engineer/Kubernetes Platform Engineer

2 hours ago

Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

Own and evolve Kubernetes platforms, including upgrade standards, scaling, performance, cost and capacity management, backups, and high-availability architecture.
Lead automation and golden-path initiatives using Terraform modules, Helm/Kustomize frameworks, reusable CI/CD workflows, and self-service onboarding.
Own GitOps architecture with Argo CD, including deployment integrity, policy controls, image signing, SBOM integration, drift detection, and rollback strategies.
Define secure and compliant CI/CD patterns, identity-based cloud access, approval processes, and immutable audit trails.
Set strategy for container supply chain security and registry governance, including promotion models and immutability.
Own platform observability through SLOs, alerting standards, dashboards, and cluster capacity hygiene.
Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and security leaders on adoption, incident response, runbooks, and long-term planning.
Mentor engineers, influence design decisions, contribute to roadmap planning, and embed security and compliance controls into the platform.

At least 5 years of experience in Platform, SRE, or DevOps roles with deep production Kubernetes experience.
Proven ownership of complex systems and experience driving platform-level initiatives.
Strong expertise in GitOps, CI/CD architecture, and Infrastructure as Code.
Advanced troubleshooting skills across large-scale distributed systems.
Strong communication skills and experience influencing across teams.
A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred experience with Rancher/RKE2 or AKS in production, policy-as-code, image signing, SBOMs, regulated CI/CD environments, and AI/ML-driven infrastructure automation.
Preferred certifications include Terraform Associate, CKA, or CKAD.

5,001-10,000 employees