DevOps Engineer III

Anaplan; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to design, scale, and automate a multi-cloud computing fabric handling millions of requests per second. You will develop Kubernetes controllers, operators, and admission webhooks, focusing on kernel tuning, eBPF networking, and secure CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements include Go/Rust/C++ with Python/Bash automation, deep Linux kernel and Istio/Cilium internals, and experience with Raft/Paxos in large-scale systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools.
• Deep kernel-level tuning for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Experience writing Kubernetes controllers in Go, Rust, or C++.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering: design and code custom Kubernetes controllers, mutating webhooks, and operators in Go, Rust, or Python.
• Chaos & Resilience: build automated chaos testing across multi-region deployments.
• Advanced FinOps: optimize cloud compute, eBPF networking, and spot instances to reduce waste.
• Zero-Trust Security: embed cryptographic attestation into CI/CD release loops.

Skills

Go

Rust

C++

Python

Bash

Kernel tuning

eBPF

Networking

Raft/Paxos

Education

CKA

AWS/GCP Architect

Tools

Kubernetes

Istio

Cilium

eBPF

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebratingour wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

Role Summary

You will architect, scale, and automate the multi-cloud computing fabric powering millions of requests per second. As noted by roadmap.sh , standard requirements include “Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools Good experience in infrastructure as code tools”, but this tier demands deep kernel-level tuning, writing custom Kubernetes controllers, and achieving absolute zero-downtime global deployments.

Core Responsibilities

Platform Engineering: Design and code custom Kubernetes controllers, mutating admission webhooks, and operators in python, go or Rust.

Chaos & Resilience: Engineer automated chaos engineering frameworks that continuously inject failures into multi-region active-active production topologies.

Advanced FinOps & Compute Optimization: Programmatically optimize micro-architecture CPU pinning, eBPF network routing, and spot-instance arbitrage to slash millions in cloud waste.

Zero-Trust Security Mesh: Embed immutable security, real-time eBPF runtime auditing, and automated cryptographic attestation directly into core CI/CD release loops.

Elite Requirements & Skills

Systems Programming: Mastery of Go, Rust, or C++ alongside expert-level Python/Bash for deep systems automation.

Kernel & Networking: Deep understanding of Linux kernel tuning, eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter), service meshes (Istio/Cilium internals), and BGP routing.

Distributed Consensus: Real-world intuition for Raft/Paxos algorithms, global database replication lag, and CAP theorem trade-offs at scale.

Certifications (Expected baseline): CKA, AWS/GCP Professional Architect or Security Specialty.

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