Staff SRE for K8s Platform Team (AWS, Kubernetes, Platform Creation, Helm, Karpenter, Istio)

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• Kubernetes Platform Creation: Design implement and maintain highly available scalable and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms. Ensure clusters are optimised for production workloads providing high resilience and operational efficiency.
• AWS Infrastructure Management: Build manage and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure including EKS ECS S3 VPCS RDS IAM and more. Implement best practices for cost management scaling and security within AWS.
• Helm Management: Utilise Helm to automate and streamline the deployment of applications and services to Kubernetes clusters. Create maintain and manage Helm charts for production-ready deployments.
• Karpenter Implementation: Implement and manage Karpenter to dynamically scale Kubernetes clusters in response to workload demands.
• Istio Service Mesh Management: Configure and manage Istio to provide service-to-service communication security and observability within the Kubernetes clusters. Enable fine-grained traffic management service discovery and policy enforcement.
• Platform Automation & Scaling: Automate the deployment scaling and management of infrastructure and applications. Work with CI/CD pipelines to ensure a seamless flow from development to production with minimal downtime.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: Respond to incidents troubleshoot and resolve system issues related to performance availability and security in a timely and effective manner.
• Security & Compliance: Design and implement secure cloud infrastructure with appropriate access controls network security and compliance frameworks.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain detailed documentation for Kubernetes platform setup operational procedures and best practices. Promote knowledge sharing across teams.

• 5 years of experience with Kubernetes/ K8s HelmKarpenterIstio;
• 8 years of Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform Chef or Ansible
• 8 years of Experience with serverless computing (AWS Lambda API Gateway) and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience with AWS (EKS ECS RDS S3 CloudFormation IAM etc.) and solid understanding of cloud-native architectures.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes platform creation management and optimisation (e.g. setting up highly available clusters networking and storage).
• Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployment and management.
• Practical experience with Karpenter for dynamic scaling of Kubernetes clusters and optimising resource usage.
• Expertise in managing and securing Istio for service mesh including traffic management security and observability features.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CircleCI Terraform Spinnaker Ansible).
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or Go for infrastructure management and platform automation.
• Experience with monitoring logging and alerting tools such as Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch and ELK Stack.

• Experience with multi-region cloud environments.
• Understanding of security best practices for cloud platforms and Kubernetes (e.g. role-based access control (RBAC) encryption and compliance frameworks).
• Familiarity with Docker and containerization principles.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Certifications (Preferred): CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer are highly desirable.

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