Lead Associate | Kubernetes | Hyderabad | Engineering as a Service/ Operate
Deloitte Advisory1 month ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and operate scalable Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS and Oracle OKE.
- Architect and manage Istio service mesh across multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments.
- Implement canary, blue/green, traffic-splitting, circuit-breaking, and fault-injection patterns.
- Optimize cluster performance through autoscaling, node-pool management, workload scheduling, and resource efficiency.
- Enforce mTLS, zero-trust networking, and policy-based security controls.
- Manage Istio ingress and egress gateways, Envoy proxies, and external traffic integrations.
- Build and operate observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali, Jaeger/Zipkin, CloudWatch, and OCI Monitoring.
- Troubleshoot Kubernetes and service-mesh issues including latency, routing failures, and sidecar performance.
- Automate infrastructure and mesh lifecycle with Terraform, Helm, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Define and drive SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to improve reliability and service quality.
- Integrate Kubernetes and Istio with cloud networking components such as VPCs, subnets, and load balancers.
- Enable platform self-service, mentor teams, and promote platform engineering practices.
- Manage engagements, communicate with stakeholders, and support delivery excellence.
Requirements
- 7-9 years of business experience.
- Hands-on production experience in Kubernetes platform engineering with Istio and Envoy.
- Strong knowledge of AWS EKS and Oracle OKE, including cluster architecture, operations, and scaling.
- Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
- Understanding of cloud networking, VPCs, CNIs, ingress and egress, load balancers, and network policies.
- Experience with mTLS, zero-trust networking, and identity integrations including OIDC, OAuth2, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
- Hands-on experience with observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali, Jaeger/Zipkin, CloudWatch, or OCI Monitoring.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
- Experience integrating Kubernetes and Istio with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
- Exposure to multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments and container security tools is a plus.
- Self-driven approach with the ability to handle ambiguity and escalations and communicate clearly with stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Certifications such as CKA, CKAD, CKS, AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or OCI Architect are desirable.
Benefits
- Base location is Hyderabad.
- The role emphasizes mentoring, leadership development, collaboration, inclusion, and opportunities to deliver solutions for clients.
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