This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 2300000 (ie INR 20-23 LPA) Experience: 7+ yrs Location: Hyderabad Job Type: full-time The Kubernetes Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing microservices platforms driven by service mesh, utilizing Istio on both Amazon EKS and Oracle OKE .
This position is perfect for individuals who excel at the crossroads of platform engineering, cloud-native networking, and service mesh observability.
You will focus on creating resilient, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments while supporting teams in adopting advanced traffic management and zero-trust security models.
🛠️ Key Responsibilities Kubernetes Platform Engineering Deploy, operate, and scale Kubernetes clusters using AWS EKS and Oracle OKE .
Automate cluster lifecycle management with tools such as Terraform, Helm, GitLab (ArgoCD/Flux), or equivalent technologies.
Enhance cluster performance by optimizing autoscaling, node pools, and workload scheduling.
Istio Service Mesh Architecture Design and develop Istio service mesh solutions across multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments.
Set up traffic management capabilities, including: Canary releases Blue/green deployments Traffic splitting Fault injection Circuit breaking Implement mTLS, enforce zero-trust networking, and apply security policies.
Manage configurations for Istio ingress/egress gateways and Envoy proxies.
Cloud-Native Networking & Security Establish network policies, service discovery mechanisms, and secure communication protocols.
Integrate Istio with identity providers such as OIDC, OAuth2, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
Work with networking components in AWS and OCI, including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, security lists, and NSGs.
Observability & Reliability Develop comprehensive observability solutions using: Prometheus Grafana Kiali Jaeger/Zipkin CloudWatch / OCI Monitoring Diagnose mesh-related issues such as latency, routing failures, and sidecar performance problems.
Define and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
Automation & DevOps Integration Integrate Istio and Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines.
Automate mesh configurations and cluster management using scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go.
Enable platform self-service features to support development teams.
📚 Required Skills & Qualifications 4 to 8 years of solid experience in Kubernetes platform engineering.
Hands-on production experience with Istio .
Strong expertise in architecture and operations of EKS and OKE clusters.
Deep understanding of Envoy proxy behavior and service mesh design patterns.
Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, GitOps tools, and YAML-based configuration management.
Comprehensive knowledge of cloud networking concepts including VPC, CNI plugins, ingress/egress, and load balancers.
Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali, and Jaeger.
Strong scripting abilities in Python, Bash, or Go.
🎯 Preferred Qualifications Experience managing multi-cluster or multi-mesh deployments.
Familiarity with AWS App Mesh or OCI Service Mesh (advantageous).
Knowledge of SPIFFE/SPIRE identity frameworks.
Experience with container security tools like Falco, Trivy, Aqua, or Prisma.
Relevant certifications, including: CKA / CKAD / CKS AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer OCI Architect
