Kubernetes Engineer

Job Title: Kubernetes Engineer
Location: Bangalore, Noida and Madurai
Company: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
Department: EMES Team

About Us:
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are dedicated to transforming patients’ lives through science. Our EMES team is seeking a talented Kubernetes Engineer to help architect, implement, and maintain highly available, secure, and resilient containerized environments that directly support mission-critical applications impacting human health and patient safety.

Key Requirements:

• Design and implement Kubernetes-based high availability (HA) architectures for running containers.
• Manage automated orchestration features (self-healing, scaling, rolling updates, etc.).
• Enable manual operation during control-plane outages.
• Reduce the effort required for control-plane maintenance and understand risks related to vendor maintenance.
• Demonstrate sound understanding of namespaces, TCP/IP stack, and networking concepts to ensure seamless integration with existing environments.
• Prior experience in a computerized manufacturing environment is a plus, but not required.
• Ensure centralized observability and management interfaces.
• Leverage strong vendor/consultant support, training, community support, certifications, and online documentation.
• Utilize templates for faster and more reliable deployments.
• Meet BMS requirements for endpoint security, monitoring, downtime, backup recovery, OAR, and related operational standards.
• Integrate with existing EMES ESXi infrastructure to reduce costs and increase resiliency.
• Provide tools and interfaces to simplify maintenance, adoption, and management.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, audit, and other BMS requirements.
• Support mixed mode groups (Windows components alongside Linux microservices).
• Align with the technology stack selected by the EMES team and meet developer storage requirements.
• Experience designing and implementing systems in mission-critical environments where reliability directly impacts human health and patient safety.
• Communicate complex concepts to team members with varying expertise.
• Demonstrate a desire to learn and improve both personally and within the work environment.
• Be open to design suggestions and able to constructively argue points.
• Thrive independently and collaboratively, especially on time-sensitive tasks.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience architecting and operating Kubernetes clusters in production, preferably in mission-critical environments.
• Deep understanding of HA architectures, automated orchestration, and manual operations in Kubernetes.
• Experience with centralized observability and management tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Familiarity with ESXi infrastructure and hybrid environments.
• Strong knowledge of endpoint security, monitoring, backup recovery, and compliance in regulated industries.
• Experience supporting mixed OS environments (Windows and Linux).
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Relevant certifications (RHCA, CKA, CKAD, etc.) and active participation in the Kubernetes community are a plus.
• Experience with Redhat OpenShift
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines

Why Join Us?

• Work on systems that directly impact patient safety and health.
• Be part of a collaborative, innovative, and supportive team.
• Access to world-class training, certifications, and community resources.
• Opportunity to shape the future of container orchestration at BMS.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person