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The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer with a specialized background in system security, Kubernetes internals, and distributed storage. In this high-impact role, you will be the primary technical driver for securing the intersection of our CN-AOS platform and NKP.
You will design secure-by-default architectures, develop Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and operators, and ensure our Container Storage Interface (CSI) implementations are hardened against modern attack vectors while effortlessly serving enterprise and AI workloads.
About The Team
The Cloud Native AOS (CN-AOS) team is building enterprise-grade storage and data services platform for containerized world. We are evolving our industry-leading distributed infrastructure into a fully cloud-native architecture designed to run seamlessly on top of any Kubernetes platform be it NKP, EKS or any managed/upstream Kubernetes workplace.
Your Role
Security Architecture & Hardening:
Lead the threat modeling and secure-by-design architecture for the CN-AOS distributed storage fabric. Ensure secure deployment and operations across NKP, EKS, and other Kubernetes platforms by implementing robust Authentication and Authorization (AuthN/AuthZ) for storage microservices, deeply integrating with K8s RBAC, OIDC, and workload identity frameworks (e.g., SPIFFE/SPIRE)
Platform Hardening & Compliance: Drive the implementation of security controls to ensure the CN-AOS platform complies with strict industry standards, specifically CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks for Kubernetes and Linux, as well as FIPS compliance and zero-trust guidelines.
Cloud-Native Development: Design and build advanced Kubernetes Controllers, Operators, and CRDs in Golang to natively orchestrate and secure storage workloads.
Distributed Systems Engineering: Tackle complex problems in large-scale distributed systems, focusing on performance, scaling out,
📌 SMTS - Development [CN-AOS] (Pune)
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