Platform Engineer with GCP and Kubernetes

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and Kubernetes to support and manage cloud infrastructure for a banking environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cloud administration, Kubernetes platform management, security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support. Prior experience working in the Banking / Financial Services domain is mandatory. Key

Responsibilities

Administer and manage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments.

Manage and support Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, including cluster configuration, upgrades, scaling, networking, and troubleshooting.

Perform day-to-day Kubernetes administration, including deployments, namespaces, services, ingress, RBAC, secrets, ConfigMaps, and resource management.

Monitor and troubleshoot GCP and GKE environments to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance. Manage GCP networking components including VPC, subnets, firewall rules, load balancers, DNS, and connectivity.

Implement and maintain cloud security, IAM policies, service accounts, roles, and access controls in line with banking security standards.

Support containerized applications and troubleshoot infrastructure, Kubernetes, and deployment-related issues.

Work with DevOps and application teams to support CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments. Perform incident management, root-cause analysis, and preventive actions for production issues.

Support GCP cost optimization, capacity planning, backup/recovery, and infrastructure lifecycle management.

Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and architecture/infrastructure diagrams.

Ensure cloud infrastructure complies with organizational security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements applicable to the banking industry.

Mandatory Skills

Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) administration.

Strong experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

Strong hands-on Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting experience.

Experience with Docker/containerized environments.

Good understanding of GCP networking, IAM, security, monitoring, and logging.

Experience managing production cloud infrastructure.

Strong troubleshooting and incident-management skills.

Mandatory:

Banking / Financial Services domain experience.

Nice to Have Knowledge of Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Experience with Google Cloud Build / CI-CD tools. Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring, and Cloud Logging.

Familiarity with banking security, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Relevant GCP / Kubernetes certifications.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. Relevant GCP/Kubernetes certifications are an advantage