Req ID: 131564

Remote Position: No

Region: Asia

Country: India

State/Province: Chennai

City: Guindy, Chennai

Summary

We are looking for a talented and experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, automate, and operate contemporary, scalable cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on Kubernetes ecosystems.

You will be responsible for managing production Kubernetes clusters, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), developing automation tooling in Python, and enabling reliable API integrations across cloud services and internal systems.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role ideal for engineers who enjoy building developer-friendly platforms and solving complex distributed systems challenges.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Design, deploy, manage, and optimize production-grade Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, AKS, or vanilla) in multi-cloud or hybrid environments
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (including modular design, state management, workspaces, and best practices)




- Automate infrastructure provisioning, cluster lifecycle operations (upgrades, scaling, backups), and day-2 operations
- Develop clean, reusable Python automation scripts, tools, CLIs, custom Kubernetes controllers/operators, and operational workflows
- Build and maintain robust API integrations (REST, GraphQL) with major cloud provider APIs, observability platforms, CI/CD systems, secret managers, and internal services
- Design and implement secure, GitOps-style CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications (ArgoCD / Flux preferred)
- Work closely with development teams to containerize workloads, author Kubernetes manifests / Helm charts, and define deployment patterns
- Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK stack, cloud-native tools)
- Enforce security best practices: RBAC, Network Policies, Pod Security Admission, secret management, image scanning

📌 Cloud Architect (Chennai)
🏢 Celestica
📍 Chennai