Kubernetes Engineer - WFO - Bangalore or Hyderabad

Job Title: Kubernetes Engineer

Experience

Location

Shift Timings: 2pm to 11pm

Certifications : Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) ( Must Have )

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, self-managed, and hybrid). 
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of containerized platforms. 
• Implement and manage networking (CNI plugins, ingress controllers, service mesh) for cluster connectivity. 
• Manage container security, image scanning, and policy enforcement ( Kyverno). 
• Automate cluster provisioning, upgrades, and patching using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Helm. 
• Integrate observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana,Datadog) for monitoring and alerting. 
• Troubleshoot node, pod, networking, and storage issues to ensure reliable application performance. 
• Optimize resource usage (requests/limits, HPA, VPA) and cluster cost efficiency. 
• Support CI/CD integration with Kubernetes (GitOps tools like ArgoCD) 
• Collaborate with security, cloud foundation, and developer teams to provide a robust container platform. 

Required Skills

• Deep knowledge of

  Kubernetes internals (control plane, scheduling, networking, storage)

  . 
• Experience with

  containerization (Docker) and container runtime interfaces

  . 
• Strong skills in Infrastructure as Code (

  Terraform, Helm, Ansible

  ). 
• Proficiency with

  Linux system administration and troubleshooting

  . 
• Hands-on with

  CNCF ecosystem tools (ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana)

  . 
• Familiarity with cloud-managed Kubernetes services (EKS) 
• Good understanding of RBAC, IAM, TLS, and Kubernetes security hardening practices. 
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring stacks (EFK/ELK, Loki, Dynatrace, Datadog). 
• Strong

  troubleshooting skills (pods crashloop, node not ready, networking bottlenecks, storage issues)

  . 
• Experience in scaling multi-cluster and multi-tenant Kubernetes environments.