Staff SRE for K8s Platform Team (AWS, Kubernetes, Platform Creation, Helm, Karpenter, Istio)

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Skills you'll use

What you'll do

• Kubernetes Platform Creation: Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms. Ensure clusters are optimised for production workloads, providing high resilience and operational efficiency.
• AWS Infrastructure Management: Build, manage, and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure, including EKS, ECS, S3, VPCS, RDS, IAM, and more. Implement best practices for cost management, scaling, and security within AWS.
• Helm Management: Utilise Helm to automate and streamline the deployment of applications and services to Kubernetes clusters. Create, maintain, and manage Helm charts for production-ready deployments.
• Karpenter Implementation: Implement and manage Karpenter to dynamically scale Kubernetes clusters in response to workload demands.
• Istio Service Mesh Management: Configure and manage Istio to provide service-to-service communication, security, and observability within the Kubernetes clusters. Enable fine-grained traffic management, service discovery, and policy enforcement.
• Platform Automation & Scaling: Automate the deployment, scaling, and management of infrastructure and applications. Work with CI/CD pipelines to ensure a seamless flow from development to production with minimal downtime.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: Respond to incidents, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues related to performance, availability, and security in a timely and effective manner.
• Security & Compliance: Design and implement secure cloud infrastructure with appropriate access controls, network security, and compliance frameworks.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain detailed documentation for Kubernetes platform setup, operational procedures, and best practices. Promote knowledge sharing across teams.

Who can apply

• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes/ K8s, Helm,Karpenter,Istio;
• 8+ years of Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Chef or Ansible
• 8+ years of Experience with serverless computing (AWS Lambda, API Gateway) and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience with AWS (EKS, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, etc.) and solid understanding of cloud-native architectures.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes platform creation, management, and optimisation (e.g., setting up highly available clusters, networking, and storage).
• Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployment and management.
• Practical experience with Karpenter for dynamic scaling of Kubernetes clusters and optimising resource usage.
• Expertise in managing and securing Istio for service mesh, including traffic management, security, and observability features.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Spinnaker, Ansible).
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or Go for infrastructure management and platform automation.

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