Kubernetes Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 2300000 (ie INR 20-23 LPA)

Experience: 7+ yrs

Location: Hyderabad

Job Type: full-time

The Kubernetes Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing microservices platforms driven by service mesh, utilizing Istio on both Amazon EKS and Oracle OKE. This position is perfect for individuals who excel at the crossroads of platform engineering, cloud-native networking, and service mesh observability. You will focus on creating resilient, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments while supporting teams in adopting advanced traffic management and zero-trust security models.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

Kubernetes Platform Engineering

• Deploy, operate, and scale Kubernetes clusters using AWS EKS and Oracle OKE.
• Automate cluster lifecycle management with tools such as Terraform, Helm, GitLab (ArgoCD/Flux), or equivalent technologies.
• Enhance cluster performance by optimizing autoscaling, node pools, and workload scheduling.

Istio Service Mesh Architecture

• Design and develop Istio service mesh solutions across multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments.
• Set up traffic management capabilities, including:
• Canary releases
• Blue/green deployments
• Traffic splitting
• Fault injection
• Circuit breaking
• Implement mTLS, enforce zero-trust networking, and apply security policies.
• Manage configurations for Istio ingress/egress gateways and Envoy proxies.

Cloud-Native Networking & Security

• Establish network policies, service discovery mechanisms, and secure communication protocols.
• Integrate Istio with identity providers such as OIDC, OAuth2, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
• Work with networking components in AWS and OCI, including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, security lists, and NSGs.

Observability & Reliability

• Develop comprehensive observability solutions using:
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Kiali
• Jaeger/Zipkin
• CloudWatch / OCI Monitoring
• Diagnose mesh-related issues such as latency, routing failures, and sidecar performance problems.
• Define and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.

Automation & DevOps Integration

• Integrate Istio and Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate mesh configurations and cluster management using scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go.
• Enable platform self-service features to support development teams.

📚 Required Skills & Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of solid experience in Kubernetes platform engineering.
• Hands-on production experience with Istio.
• Strong expertise in architecture and operations of EKS and OKE clusters.
• Deep understanding of Envoy proxy behavior and service mesh design patterns.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, GitOps tools, and YAML-based configuration management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud networking concepts including VPC, CNI plugins, ingress/egress, and load balancers.
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali, and Jaeger.
• Strong scripting abilities in Python, Bash, or Go.

🎯 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-cluster or multi-mesh deployments.
• Familiarity with AWS App Mesh or OCI Service Mesh (advantageous).
• Knowledge of SPIFFE/SPIRE identity frameworks.
• Experience with container security tools like Falco, Trivy, Aqua, or Prisma.
• Relevant certifications, including:
• CKA / CKAD / CKS
• AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer
• OCI Architect