Senior Lead Kubernetes & DevSecOps Engineer

Role: Engineer

Required Skills: Cloud DevOps

Experience: 8 - 10 Years

Function: TECHNOLOGY

Apply By: 2026-12-27

Senior Lead Kubernetes & DevSecOps Engineer

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Kubernetes & Container Platforms (Primary Skill)

• Kubernetes Administration & Operations
• AWS EKS
• Azure AKS
• Helm Charts
• Kubernetes Networking
• Ingress Controllers
• Service Discovery
• RBAC & Security Policies
• Network Policies
• HPA/VPA Autoscaling
• Multi-Cluster Management
• Cluster Upgrades & Maintenance
• Performance Optimization
• Production Troubleshooting

DevSecOps & Automation

• GitLab CI/CD
• Docker
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• CI/CD Pipeline Design & Governance
• SAST / DAST
• Container Security Scanning
• Release Automation
• Container Registries (ECR / ACR)

Monitoring & Observability

• Datadog
• Splunk

Cloud Platforms

AWS

• EKS
• ECR
• IAM
• EC2

Azure

• AKS
• ACR

Security & Secrets Management

• HashiCorp Vault
• AWS Secrets Manager
• Azure Key Vault
• Certificate Management
• Kubernetes Security Hardening

Application Technologies (Secondary Skill)

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Microservices Architecture
• REST APIs
• GraphQL
• Maven

PREFERRED SKILLS

• ArgoCD / GitOps
• Istio Service Mesh
• SonarQube, Fossa, Wiz CLI scans
• Nexus / Artifactory
• Cassandra
• Elasticsearch
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Platform Engineering
• CKA / CKAD Certifications

ROLE OVERVIEW

• We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Lead Kubernetes & DevSecOps Engineer with strong expertise in Kubernetes Platform Engineering, Cloud Operations, CI/CD Automation, Security, Observability, and Production Support across AWS and Azure environments.
• This is primarily a Kubernetes and DevSecOps-focused role. The ideal candidate should have extensive hands-on experience managing enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS and Azure AKS. Knowledge of Java Spring Boot Microservices and GraphQL is required to effectively support cloud-native application teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes platforms on OnPrem, AWS EKS and Azure AKS.
• Own Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Build and maintain enterprise-grade GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure and deployment processes using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Implement containerization s tandards and deployment strategies including Blue-Green, Canary, and Rolling Deployments.
• Drive platform reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Lead production support, incident management, root cause analysis, and platform optimization initiatives.
• Implement Kubernetes security controls, RBAC, network policies, secret management, and certificate management.
• Support deployment and operations of Java Spring Boot Microservices and GraphQL services.
• Mentor engineering teams and promote Platform Engineering and SRE best practices.

Salary Range- $110,000-$120,000 a year

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