Role Overview:

We are looking for a talented GKE Administrator and Cloud Delivery Engineer to manage, scale, and evolve our Google Kubernetes Engine platform. The successful candidate will combine deep Kubernetes expertise with robust cloud delivery practices to ensure our container platform is production-ready, secure, and continuously improving.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

Provision, manage, and optimise GKE clusters including Autopilot and Standard modes across multiple environments

Design and implement cluster networking, including VPC-native clusters, Shared VPC, and Private GKE configurations

Manage GKE IAM, RBAC policies, and Workload Identity integration to enforce least-privilege access

Own cluster lifecycle management: upgrades, node pool management, auto-scaling, and cost optimisation

Define and maintain infrastructure-as-code for GKE using Terraform and Helm charts

– Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux for continuous delivery to GKE environments

– Configure and manage Kubernetes-native tooling: Ingress controllers, service mesh (Istio/Anthos), and policy controllers (OPA/Gatekeeper)

– Deliver observability solutions using Google Cloud Monitoring, Managed Prometheus, and Cloud Logging

– Automate operational tasks and cluster configuration using Ansible playbooks





– Collaborate with application teams to define workload specifications, resource quotas, and namespace governance

– Support cloud delivery activities including release planning, environment management, and go-live support

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**

– 4+ years of experience administering production Kubernetes clusters, with at least 2 years on GKE

– Strong understanding of GKE networking: VPC-native, Shared VPC, Private Clusters, Cloud NAT

– Hands-on experience with Terraform for GKE cluster provisioning and node pool management

– Proficiency in Helm for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment

– Experience with GKE IAM, RBAC, and Workload Identity Federation

– Familiarity with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux) and CI/CD pipeline integration

– Working knowledge of Ansible for configuration management and automation

– Strong understanding of container security, image scanning, and Binary Authorization

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**

– Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or CKA/CKAD certification

– Experience with Anthos Service Mesh or Istio on GKE

– Familiarity with Vertex AI Workbench or ML workloads on GKE

– Experience managing multi-tenant GKE platforms at enterprise scale

– Background in SRE practices, SLO definition, and error budget management

📌 GKE Administrator & Cloud Delivery Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Capgemini
📍 Hyderabad