Senior Container Solution Engineer - Uptech Solution PTE Ltd

Client: A Global Pharmaceuticals company, USA

Location:: Remote

Working hour: Hybrid (IST+US EST)

Working week: Monday-Friday

Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Container Solution Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes ecosystems and multi-cloud environments. This role demands expertise in container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud infrastructure management. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, various cloud services, and DevOps practices to ensure high availability, scalability, and optimal performance of our systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Kubernetes and Container Management:

• Architect and manage Kubernetes ecosystems, including deployment, configuration, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Design and implement container-based applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and others using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ensure high availability of systems on Kubernetes, including maintenance of Docker/Container clusters.
• Create Kubernetes operators for custom requirements.
• Work with application stacks including stateful sets, init-containers, and sidecar containers.

Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Management:

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and other platforms, including compute, storage, database, and network configurations.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and backup strategies for critical systems and data hosted on multiple cloud platforms.
• Identify and implement optimizations to improve system performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency across various cloud resources.
• Be on-call for operations to acknowledge alerts off-hours/weekends.

CI/CD and Automation:

• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, and CodeBuild to automate software builds, testing, and deployments.
• Utilize infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, or Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management. Convert current templates into Terraform.
• Enhance delivery systems with continuous integration and coordinate with software architects for optimal scaling, content caching, compute optimizations, and load balancer setup.

Monitoring, Logging, and Security:

• Set up monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, ELK stack) to track system performance, detect anomalies, and troubleshoot issues proactively.
• Implement security best practices and compliance standards (e.g., CIS benchmarks, AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center) to ensure a secure and compliant multi-cloud environment.

Collaboration and Documentation:

• Work closely with development teams to streamline processes, provide technical support, and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure and deployment procedures.
• Comfortable creating and/or analyzing architecture diagrams, data models, systems design, and business processes. Document DevOps processes, procedures, and environments to ensure continuity.

Other Skills:

• Lead other DevOps engineers in pursuit of technical, strategic, and organizational goals.
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural patterns, event-driven architecture, and complex event processing.
• Coordinate with other infrastructure teams to meet goals.
• Strong expertise in DevOps and CI/CD implementation.

Qualifications:

• In-depth understanding and experience with cloud-based Kubernetes containers (EKS, AKS) and on-premise Kubernetes containers.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Terraform) and cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Knowledge of DevOps concepts, tools, best practices, and application development concepts.
• Certification in container orchestration systems (e.g., CKAD, CKA, Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift) is a plus.
• Proven experience in automating infrastructure services on cloud platforms using automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Docker & Microservices Expertise.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and documentation skills