Senior Systems Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Design, own, and enhance the Kubernetes platform architecture for healthcare applications, which includes cluster strategy, upgrades, and standards for multiple environments.

• Define and implement standardized deployment patterns utilizing Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps (such as Argo CD or Flux).

• Architect enterprise CI/CD pipelines that integrate security scanning, quality gates, and release governance.

• Lead the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy using reusable Terraform modules, configuration management, and policy-as-code.

• Establish observability standards, Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and alerting mechanisms.

• Oversee incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.

• Drive platform security and compliance initiatives, including HIPAA regulations, audit readiness, secrets management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), network policies, and image hardening.

• Manage cloud cost governance (FinOps) by implementing rightsizing, autoscaling, reserved capacity, and cost reporting.

• Plan and conduct testing for disaster recovery, backup solutions, and high availability.

• Mentor engineers, perform design and code reviews, and create technical documentation and runbooks.

• Collaborate with development, security, and leadership teams to shape the platform roadmap and make technical decisions.

• Deliver a standardized, self-service Kubernetes platform that is widely adopted across application teams.

• Enhance SLO adherence, reduce incident frequency, and improve Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).

• Automate infrastructure and deployments using IaC and GitOps methodologies.

• Maintain a platform security and compliance posture that is audit-ready while documenting measurable infrastructure cost savings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years in Systems Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering, including at least 3 years of experience running Kubernetes in a production environment.

• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes administration (AKS, EKS, or OpenShift), along with Docker, Kustomize, and Helm.

• Demonstrated experience in designing CI/CD pipelines at scale using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins.

• Advanced skills in Terraform (module design, state management), as well as Ansible or similar tools.

• Strong abilities in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, or Bash.

• Extensive experience with Azure (networking, identity, security, cost management); familiarity with multi-cloud environments is a plus.

• Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, or the ELK stack.

• Proven track record of managing production incidents and implementing reliability improvements.

• Experience in the healthcare sector or other regulated environments (such as HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2) is preferred.

• Familiarity with GitOps, service mesh technologies (Istio or Linkerd), and policy engines (OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno) is preferred.

• Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost management tools (such as Kubecost, Azure Cost Management) is preferred.

• Relevant certifications (CKA/CKS, Azure Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer, Terraform Associate) are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.

• Flexible work hours and remote work options.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.