Preferred candidate profile

What You Will Do

- Design, build, and manage highly available Kubernetes clusters across hybrid environments (on-premises and cloud platforms such as AWS EKS, Azure AKS).
- Deploy and manage applications manually using tools such as kubectl and Helm, with growing integration of GitOps practices (e.g., ArgoCD).
- Implement and manage observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Mimir to monitor infrastructure, applications, and system performance.
- Define, monitor, and improve SLA/SLO/SLI metrics and alerting systems to ensure platform reliability.
- Automate provisioning and configuration of infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
- Plan, implement, and test backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies using tools like Velero, Commvault, etc.
- Manage Kubernetes-native networking, storage, and security configurations (Ceph, NFS, Ingress, PodSecurityPolicies, etc.).
- Configure and enforce Kubernetes security best practices using RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, NetworkPolicies, and secrets management tools.
- Integrate and operate Kubernetes ecosystem tools such as Karpenter, MicroK8s, Service Meshes, and kubectl plugins.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and lead resolution efforts for incidents.




- Participate in the on-call rotation for platform availability and incident management.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and SOPs.
- Mentor engineers and advocate for Kubernetes, security, observability, and deployment best practices across teams.
- Continuously stay informed of industry trends in container orchestration, GitOps, security, and cloud-native tooling

What You Need to Be Successful

- 6-9 years of IT/Infrastructure/DevOps experience, with 5+ years in Kubernetes operations in production environments.
- Solid hands-on experience in Kubernetes architecture, cluster operations, and manual application deployment practices.
- Intermediate-level experience in Kubernetes Security, including:
- Cluster hardening, secrets management
- Pod Security Standards (PSS), OPA/Gatekeeper
- Network policies, image scanning, and runtime protections
- Intermediate experience with ArgoCD for GitOps-style Kubernetes deployments.
- Solid proficiency in Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL) and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes-native storage (e.g., Ceph, NFS) and persistent volume

Note: Looking for Immediate & Max 45 days Notice Period only. Interested can revert with updated cv on [email protected]

📌 Kubernetes Administrator (Bengaluru)
🏢 Harman International
📍 Bengaluru