Cloud Engineer – Platform & Automation

Core Responsibilities (High Level)

• Design, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
• Operate and support Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• Build and maintain GitOps-based deployment and configuration workflows
• Support cloud database platforms and platform services in production
• Contribute to environment setup, upgrades, migrations, and reliability initiatives
• Develop automation and tooling to improve operational efficiency
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues across environments
• Collaborate with Cloud Operations and Engineering teams to ensure stable, scalable systems

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud / Platform / SRE / DevOps engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Excellent knowledge of Kubernetes (operations, troubleshooting, upgrades, networking, storage)
• Strong experience with MySQL in production environments
• Very good hands-on expertise with GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux, or similar)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of:
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Cloud networking and security fundamentals
  • Monitoring and logging systems
  • High availability and reliability concepts

Preferred / Plus Skills

• Experience with MariaDB
• Experience operating Kafka in production environments
• Experience with multi-region or large-scale cloud platforms
• Exposure to zero-downtime upgrades and platform migrations

Qualifications

B.E./ ME (CS/EE) / MCA/Graduate or equivalent higher-level degree

Additional Information

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and debugging ability
• Comfortable working in production environments
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Ownership mindset and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently in a remote, distributed team

Work Requirements

• Must support US East time zone