Senior Cloud & Kubernetes Engineer

Senior Software Engineer Cloud / Kubernetes Platform

Location: Pune
Experience: 6–8 Years
Employment Type: Full-time
Company: Siemens

Job Summary

Siemens is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer – Cloud / Kubernetes Platform to design, implement, automate, and maintain highly available cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, Helm, Terraform, Linux, Kafka, GitOps, monitoring, and disaster recovery, along with proven experience managing production environments.

CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification is mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and maintain production Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, vCluster, and KubeVela.
• Implement and maintain highly available cloud and hybrid environments with defined RTO/RPO requirements.
• Work with AWS services including VPC, Subnets, ELB, EC2, ECS, EBS Snapshots, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, and SQS.
• Design and maintain cloud-agnostic event and data pipelines using Apache Kafka and Apache Spark.
• Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform and Python.
• Manage Linux servers and troubleshoot infrastructure and application-level issues.
• Implement backup, restore, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery using Velero, S3, RDS PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and EBS Snapshots.
• Implement and manage Git/GitLab-based development and deployment workflows.
• Configure and maintain SSO and user management solutions using Keycloak and/or Okta.
• Implement service mesh and observability solutions using Istio, Kiali, Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki.
• Implement and manage GitOps practices using ArgoCD and/or FluxCD.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for security, scalability, reliability, cost optimization, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams to troubleshoot complex technical problems and deliver reliable solutions.

Mandatory Skills

• 6–8 years of relevant IT experience
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) – Mandatory
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Production experience with Docker and Helm
• Strong AWS experience
• Hands-on experience with Linux administration
• Experience with Terraform and/or Python automation
• Strong understanding of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, RTO and RPO
• Experience with Apache Kafka
• Experience with Git/GitLab
• Experience managing production environments and troubleshooting infrastructure issues

Good to Have

• AWS Solutions Architect certification
• Rancher
• vCluster / KubeVela
• Apache Spark
• Velero
• DynamoDB
• RDS PostgreSQL
• S3
• Keycloak / Okta
• Istio
• Kiali
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Loki
• ArgoCD / FluxCD
• Java

Candidate Profile

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong ownership of production environments
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues
• Experience working with globally distributed teams
• Strong understanding of cloud security, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization
• Ability to explain technical architecture and production implementations clearly

Important Screening Criteria

Candidates must have CKA certification and strong hands-on production Kubernetes experience.

Candidates with only application development experience or basic Kubernetes exposure will not be considered for this position.