Key Responsibilities

Platform Installation, Configuration & Operations

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain distributed open-source components including:
  • Apache Airflow, Apache NiFi, Apache Spark
  • Apache Kafka and its ecosystem
  • PostgreSQL
  • MQTT brokers
• Ensure platform stability, scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management of all components.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Design, deploy, and operate containerized workloads using Docker.
• Build and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters.
• Implement Kubernetes best practices for networking, storage, scaling, and security.
• Package and manage platform services using Helm or equivalent tooling.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Build configuration management and automation workflows using Ansible.
• Enable repeatable, environment-agnostic deployments across development, staging, and production.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, upgrades, scaling, and recovery processes.

Cloud, Hybrid & Private Infrastructure

• Deploy and operate workloads on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and private/on-prem infrastructure.
• Design hybrid architectures with secure connectivity between environments.
• Optimize infrastructure design for resilience, performance, and cost efficiency.

Observability, Reliability & Incident Management

• Design and implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting for infrastructure and applications.
• Define, measure, and maintain SLAs, SLIs, and SLOs for critical platform services.
• Own incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and failure modes before they impact users.

Security & Secrets Management

• Implement infrastructure and platform security best practices across containers, Kubernetes, and networks.
• Manage secrets and credentials using tools such as Vault, Kubernetes Secrets, or cloud-native solutions.
• Own certificate lifecycle management, including rotation and renewal.
• Design and enforce network security controls, access policies, and zero-trust principles where applicable.
• Support compliance with internal security and governance requirements.

Backup, Disaster Recovery & Data Protection

• Design and implement automated backup strategies for Kafka, PostgreSQL, and other stateful services.
• Own disaster recovery planning and testing, including restore validation.
• Support multi-cluster or cross-region strategies where required.
• Ensure data durability, integrity, and recoverability.

Cost & Resource Optimization

• Implement infrastructure cost monitoring and visibility across environments.
• Right-size clusters, storage, and compute resources to balance performance and cost.
• Continuously optimize resource usage for cloud and hybrid deployments.

CI/CD & Release Engineering

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform and infrastructure components.
• Enable safe deployment strategies such as rolling, blue-green, or canary deployments.
• Support Git-based workflows and infrastructure promotion across environments.

Documentation, Enablement & Collaboration

• Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.
• Enable self-service capabilities for engineering teams wherever possible.
• Work closely with data engineers, backend engineers, and architects to support platform needs.
• Reduce operational friction through automation, standardization, and tooling improvements.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Strong experience operating distributed, open-source systems in production.
• Proven expertise with:
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • Terraform and Ansible
  • Linux systems and networking fundamentals
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Spark, Airflow, NiFi, PostgreSQL, and messaging systems (including MQTT).
• Experience supporting business-critical platforms with uptime and reliability requirements.
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or equivalent).
• Excellent troubleshooting and systems-level problem-solving skills.

• Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch).
• Familiarity with service meshes, ingress controllers, and API gateways.
• Experience operating data-intensive or streaming platforms at scale.
• Prior experience in hybrid or on-prem-first environments.