Saarthee - Senior Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Overview

Saarthee Actionable Insights About Saarthee : Saarthee is a Global Strategy, Analytics, Technology and AI consulting company, where our passion for helping others fuels our approach and our products and solutions.

Our diverse and global team work with one objective in mind : Our Customers Success.

At Saarthee, we are passionate about guiding organizations to wards insights fueled success.

Thats why we call ourselves Saartheeinspired by the Sanskrit word Saarthi, which means charioteer, trusted guide, or companion.

Cofounded in 2015 by Mrinal Prasad and Shikha Miglani, Saarthee already encompasses all the components of Data Analytics consulting.

Saarthee is based out of Philadelphia, USA with office in UK and India.

Position : Senior Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Location : Bangalore

Work Mode : Hybrid

Min-Max Experience : 8 to 10 Years

Position Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and highly available cloud and Kubernetes platforms.

This role focuses on improving developer experience through platform automation, Kubernetes-native tooling, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps-driven workflows.

You will work closely with platform and application teams to deliver reliable, secure, and developer-friendly infrastructure on a scale.

Your Role Responsibilities And Duties

Cloud & Core Infrastructure :

• Architect, build, and operate highly available, scalable, and secure AWS infrastructure
• Design VPCs, IAM, compute, storage, and load balancing following AWS best practices
• Implement scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies
• Support multi-AZ and multi-region production architectures
  
  

• Design and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure using reusable modules and workspaces
• Integrate Terraform workflows into CI/CD pipelines with automated validation and provisioning
• Drive infrastructure standardization, governance, and reusability
  
  

• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters (EKS and on-premise)
• Own Kubernetes control plane and node lifecycle management, including upgrades
• Manage EKS add-ons such as VPC CNI, CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CSI drivers, and ALB Ingress Controller
• Implement multi-cluster architectures for failover, workload placement, and service discovery
  
  

• Develop custom Kubernetes controllers and operators using controller-runtime
• Build CRDs and Kubernetes API extensions for platform automation
• Manage API versioning, lifecycle, and backward compatibility
• Optimize controller performance and resiliency at scale
  
  

• Implement Pod Security Standards and Kubernetes RBAC best practices
• Enforce policies using OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno Saarthee Actionable Insights
• Secure the container supply chain with image scanning, SBOMs, and signing/verification
  
  

• Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or FluxCD
• Design CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Enable automated rollbacks, drift detection, and environment consistency
  
  

• Build platform tooling, automation, and services using Python or Golang
• Write shell scripts for infrastructure and cluster operations
• Lead and participate in production incident response and root cause analysis
• Diagnose failures across cloud, Kubernetes, networking, and CI/CD systems
  
  

• Strong expertise in AWS (VPC, EC2, IAM, ALB/NLB, ASG, Route53, RDS, Lambda, EKS, S3, EBS)
• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals (CIDR, routing, DNS, security groups, load balancing)
• Hands-on experience with Terraform (modules, workspaces, remote state, CI integration)
• Strong experience with Docker (multi-stage builds, image optimization, security, multi-arch builds)
• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes internals (control plane, API lifecycle, CRDs, operators, etcd)
• Hands-on development of Kubernetes controllers/operators using controller-runtime patterns
• Strong programming skills in Python or Golang (at least one required)
• Experience managing production Kubernetes upgrades and EKS add-ons
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills
• Proven experience handling production incidents in large-scale distributed systems
  
  

• Bootstrapped and financially stable with high pre-money evaluation.
• Above-industry remunerations.
• Additional compensation tied to Renewal and Pilot Project Execution.
• Additional lucrative business development compensation.
• Firm-building opportunities that offer a stage for holistic professional development, growth, and branding.
• An empathetic, excellence-driven, and result-oriented organization that believes in mentoring and growing teams with a constant emphasis on learning.
  
  

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