System Architect

Job Description

Job Title: System Architect - Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure (12-14 Years Experience) Period : 6 Month Contractual Role Location: Bangalore/Gurgaon Job Description: This is a senior position. Candidate should plan and lead the modernization of legacy container based systems into scalable, secure, and production-grade Kubernetes (K8s) platforms across both cloud (AWS EKS, GKE, AKS) and on-prem (OpenShift, Tanzu) environments. This role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, orchestration and roll-out strategy, previous/existing coding/development, and telecom or large-scale production experience. The position also requires team leadership, strategy planning along with hands-on implementation of highly available and resilient systems in K8 environment. Key Responsibilities: 1. Analyze existing monolithic but containerized applications to plan their transformation into K8snative microservices architecture. 2. Create end-to-end Kubernetes orchestration architecture, addressing ingress, service mesh, PVCs, networking, observability, scaling, resiliency and secure communication. 3. Lead the migration of applications to K8s clusters, ensuring zero data loss, seamless user experience, and alignment with business SLAs. 4. Define and implement horizontal and vertical scaling strategies, multi-zone resilience, volume management, and optimized ingress/data flow. 5. Integrate supporting systems such as Kafka, ClickHouse, KeyCloak, MySQL/Oracle, Redis, and Nginx, ensuring security, HA, and performance tuning. 6. Architect and execute deployment strategies, including blue-green, canary, rollback, backup & restore, and K8s upgrade strategies with minimal downtime. 7. Debug complex production issues related to Kubernetes, networking (CNI), ingress, persistent volumes, and pod scheduling. 8. Mentor and lead a team of 5+ engineers, guiding them across the design, implementation, and production rollout phases. 9. Collaborate with engineering leadership to deliver project plans, timelines, architectural reviews, and technical risk assessments. 10. Serve as the technical authority and hands-on contributor for the full lifecycle of Kubernetes enablement. 11. Harden Kubernetes environments with Zero Trust, container vulnerability and DevSecOps best practices for secure, production-grade deployments. Required Skills & Experience: Kubernetes (K8s): EKS, OpenShift (OCP), Tanzu, Cluster API, Helm, Operators Container Orchestration: Docker, CRI-O, Containerd, K3s Infra as Code & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Helm Charts, Shell, Python K8 Storage & Networking: PVCs, CSI drivers, LoadBalancers, Ingress Controllers, CNI (Calico, Flannel, Multus etc) Observability & Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry Messaging & Databases: Kafka, ClickHouse, MySQL/Oracle, Redis Security & Authentication: KeyCloak, OAuth2, OIDC, RBAC, GDPR Networking & API Gateways: Nginx, HAProxy Microservices Understanding: Java, GoLang, C-based services Job Type: Contractual / Temporary Contract length: 6 months Pay: From ₹80,619.83 per month Schedule: Day shift Ability to commute/relocate: Bengaluru District, Karnataka: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required) Work Location: In person