Cloud Native Engineer

Job Description

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Native Engineer (Kubernetes Platform) to lead the design, provisioning, and operational excellence of Kubernetes platforms across both lightweight and enterprise-grade environments.This role is critical in building secure, scalable, and production-ready platform foundations that enable modern cloud-native application delivery at scale.

Role: Cloud Native Engineer (Kubernetes Platform)

Location: Pune & Bangalore

Experience: 15yr+

Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

Kubernetes Platform Ownership

Design, provision, and manage Kubernetes clusters across: Freebird (k3s) for lightweight environments

Managed Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) for production workloads

Architect multi-cluster and multi-environment (dev/stage/prod) strategies

Own end-to-end cluster lifecycle management (provisioning, upgrades, decommissioning)

Compute & Node Management

Design node pools with autoscaling, taints/tolerations, and spot vs on-demand strategies

Optimize cost, performance, and workload isolation

Align workload scheduling with defined SLAs

Networking & Traffic Management

Implement and manage Ingress Controllers (NGINX, ALB, or equivalent)

Define service exposure patterns (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer)

Enforce network policies for secure pod-to-pod and external traffic

Configure TLS termination and advanced routing strategies

Security & Compliance

Implement Pod Security Standards and admission controls

Design RBAC and namespace isolation policies

Ensure cluster hardening and runtime security best practices

Align with enterprise security frameworks and tools

Certificate & Identity Management

Manage cert-manager for automated certificate lifecycle

Handle TLS provisioning, renewal, and domain management

Integrate with external CAs (e.g., Let’s Encrypt, enterprise CA)

Service Mesh & Advanced Networking

Deploy and manage service mesh platforms (Istio, Linkerd)

Enable mTLS for secure service-to-service communication

Support canary releases, A/B routing, and traffic shaping

Improve observability via metrics, logging, and tracing

Platform Reliability & Operations

Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of clusters

Troubleshoot cluster-level issues (networking, scheduling, performance)

Define and enforce SLOs/SLAs

Collaboration & Enablement

Work closely with DevOps and Platform Engineering teams for CI/CD integration

Align with IaC practices (Terraform-based provisioning)

Mentor application teams on Kubernetes best practices and optimization

Expertise You'll Bring:

15+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or SRE roles

Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster provisioning, scaling, and troubleshooting

Strong experience across self-managed (k3s/k8s) and managed cloud Kubernetes platforms

Advanced understanding of: Kubernetes networking, DNS, ingress/egress

Network policies and service exposure

TLS, certificates, and runtime security

Proven experience with service mesh implementations (Istio / Linkerd)

Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar tools)

Strong scripting/programming skills (Go, Python, or Bash preferred)

Exposure to observability ecosystems (Prometheus, Grafana, logging frameworks) is a plus

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Benefits:

Competitive salary and benefits package

Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies

Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards

Annual health check-ups

Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.

Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.

If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers

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Open Positions

Kubernetes, k3s, EKS / GKE / AKS, Terraform, IAC

Skills Required

PUNE

Location

Kubernetes, k3s, EKS / GKE / AKS, Terraform, IAC

Desirable Skills

15 to 20 years

Years Of Exp

180676

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