Senior Systems Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design, own, and enhance the architecture of Kubernetes platforms for healthcare applications, which includes cluster strategies, upgrades, and multi-environment standards.

• Define and uphold standardized deployment methodologies utilizing Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.

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

• Lead the Infrastructure as Code strategy with reusable Terraform modules, configuration management, and policy-as-code.

• Establish observability standards, including SLOs/SLIs and alerting mechanisms.

• Oversee incident response, conduct root cause analyses, and facilitate post-incident reviews.

• Promote platform security and compliance, addressing HIPAA requirements, audit readiness, secrets management, RBAC, network policies, and image hardening.

• Manage cloud cost governance through rightsizing, autoscaling, reserved capacity, and cost reporting.

• Plan and execute disaster recovery, backup, and high availability protocols.

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

• Collaborate with development, security, and leadership teams on the platform roadmap and technical decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in Systems Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, including at least 3 years of experience running Kubernetes in a production environment.

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

• Proven ability in designing CI/CD processes at scale using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins.

• Advanced skills in Terraform (including module design and state management) along with proficiency in Ansible or similar tools.

• Strong experience in scripting and automation with PowerShell, Python, or Bash.

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

• Practical experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, or ELK.

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

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

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

• Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost management tools (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.

• Generous paid time off and flexible work arrangements.

• Opportunities for professional development and certifications.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.