? SUPER URGENT HIRING | Senior DevOps Engineer | OpenVault Project We are urgently looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer for a customer-facing technical leadership role involving on-premises Kubernetes infrastructure, database administration, infrastructure automation, and platform operations. The ideal candidate must have strong hands-on experience managing on-premises / bare-metal Kubernetes clusters, along with PostgreSQL, Apache Cassandra, Linux administration, and team leadership. ? Position Details
• Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer
• Project: OpenVault
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Experience:
5+ Years (8+ Years Overall Experience Preferred)
• Open Positions: 1
• Work Mode: 100% Remote
• Contract Duration: 6 Months
• Employment Type: Contract
• Role Type: Customer-Facing / Technical Leadership
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Education:
B.
Tech / B.
E. / BCA / MCA preferred ? Mandatory Technical Skills 1. Kubernetes Administration
• Hands-on experience with on-premises / bare-metal Kubernetes clusters.
• kubeadm, RKE2, Rancher, or OpenShift.
• Cluster upgrades, node management, etcd backup and restoration.
• Troubleshooting pods, workloads, CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, and node-level issues. 2. Kubernetes Networking & Storage
• Calico, Cilium, Flannel, CoreDNS, Ingress, Services, NetworkPolicies, MetalLB.
• PV/PVC, StorageClasses, CSI drivers.
• Ceph/Rook, Longhorn, NFS, or local persistent volumes. 3. Linux Administration & Networking
• RHEL / Rocky Linux / Ubuntu.
• System administration, patching, hardening, kernel tuning, and performance optimization.
• TCP/IP, DNS,



routing, VLANs, firewalls, iptables/nftables.
• HAProxy, NGINX, and Keepalived. 4. Database Administration
• PostgreSQL: Installation, backup/restore, replication, HA, failover, and performance tuning.
• Apache Cassandra: Cluster setup, scaling, repairs, compaction, nodetool, and backup/restore.
• Experience managing databases on Kubernetes is highly preferred. 5. DevOps & Infrastructure Automation
• Docker / containerd, Helm, and Harbor.
• Ansible, Terraform, and Shell/Bash scripting.
• CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Monitoring and logging using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, or Loki. ?

Key Responsibilities
• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain on-premises Kubernetes clusters.
• Own end-to-end platform deployment, stability, troubleshooting, and day-to-day operations.
• Manage PostgreSQL and Apache Cassandra production environments.
• Handle Kubernetes networking, storage, security, and infrastructure optimization.
• Conduct infrastructure sizing and capacity-planning discussions covering CPU, memory, storage, IOPS, and networking.




• Engage directly with customers to understand requirements and present technical architecture and solutions.
• Develop automation scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure provisioning workflows.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, incident management, and root-cause analysis.
• Prepare technical documentation, infrastructure sizing reports, and operational runbooks.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a technical team of 6+ resources. ? Good-to-Have Skills
• Argo CD / Flux (GitOps).
• Kustomize and Kubernetes Operators.
• CloudNativePG / K8ssandra.
• HashiCorp Vault, RBAC, TLS, and Kubernetes security.
• Air-gapped Kubernetes installations.
• Istio / Linkerd.
• CKA / CKAD / CKS certifications. ⚠️ Key Candidate Criteria
• Strong hands-on experience with on-premises / bare-metal Kubernetes is mandatory.
• Cloud-only DevOps experience without on-prem Kubernetes administration will not be suitable.
• Practical experience with PostgreSQL and Apache Cassandra is required.
• Experience managing a team of 6+ resources is essential.
• Excellent customer communication and technical presentation skills are mandatory. Immediate attention required Looking for technically strong professionals who can take complete ownership of enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure and platform operations. #Hiring #UrgentHiring #SeniorDevOpsEngineer #DevOpsJobs #Kubernetes #OnPremKubernetes #BareMetalKubernetes #PostgreSQL #ApacheCassandra #LinuxAdministration #Terraform #Ansible #Jenkins #GitLabCI #InfrastructureAutomation #RemoteJobs #ContractJobs #OpenVault

📌 Senior DevOps Engineer | OpenVault Project (India)
🏢 Philodesign Technologies
📍 India