DevOps Engineer (Rancher | AWS | Terraform)- Night Shift(WFO)

HTC Global; Chennai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

HTC Global Services is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to manage enterprise Kubernetes platforms on AWS and hybrid infrastructure. You will operate Rancher-managed clusters, design HA architectures, and implement robust backup/recovery and DR strategies.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform, CI/CD and GitOps, plus strong focus on security, observability, and regulatory readiness to support mission-critical banking applications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Kubernetes / DevOps / platform engineering.
• Proven experience designing HA, Backup, and DR solutions for Kubernetes.
• Experience supporting production‑critical, regulated environments.
• Deep knowledge of security, networking, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Operate and scale Rancher-managed Kubernetes (RKE2 / EKS) clusters
• Design and implement High Availability (HA) architectures across clusters
• Establish and manage Kubernetes backup and recovery solutions (Portworx, Longhorn, Veero or Kasten)
• Own and validate Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy, failover, and testing
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for standardized, auditable builds
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
• Ensure platform resiliency, availability, and performance SLAs
• Enforce security, compliance, and audit controls (IAM, RBAC, secrets)
• Support incident management, RCA, and regulatory readiness
• Monitoring, Troubleshooting, & Reliability (Grafana, Splunk etc.)

Skills

Kubernetes

DevOps

Platform engineering

Security

Tools

Rancher

Terraform

CI/CD

GitOps

Grafana

Splunk

Portworx

Longhorn

Kasten

Job description

Managing enterprise Kubernetes platforms using Containerization across AWS and hybrid infrastructure, enabling secure, automated, and compliant delivery of mission-critical banking applications.

Role & responsibilities

• Operate and scale Rancher-managed Kubernetes (RKE2 / EKS) clusters
• Design and implement High Availability (HA) architectures across clusters
• Establish and manage Kubernetes backup and recovery solutions (Portworx, Longhorn, Veero or Kasten)
• Own and validate Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy, failover, and testing
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for standardized, auditable builds
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
• Ensure platform resiliency, availability, and performance SLAs
• Enforce security, compliance, and audit controls (IAM, RBAC, secrets)
• Support incident management, RCA, and regulatory readiness
• Monitoring, Troubleshooting, & Reliability (Grafana, Splunk etc.)

Core Requirements:

• 7+years of experience in Kubernetes / DevOps / platform engineering
• Proven experience designing HA, Backup, and DR solutions for Kubernetes
• Experience supporting production‑critical, regulated environments
• Deep knowledge of security, networking, and observability