L3 Cloud Engineer

Kripya Solutions Private LTD; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kripya Solutions Private LTD in Chennai, India, seeks an experienced senior cloud platform engineer to lead platform engineering, SRE, and infra initiatives across AWS and Azure.

You will translate business goals into roadmaps, drive cross-functional programs, and implement scalable Kubernetes platforms, IaC, automation, and observability with a focus on cost governance and security best practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud/platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure leadership.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional technical programs with direct business impact.
• Strong hands-on depth in at least two of the following: Kubernetes platforms, cloud infrastructure automation, cost optimization, observability, CI/CD systems.
• Experience across AWS and Azure in production environments.
• Proven ability to translate business goals into technical roadmap execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud/platform engineering

SRE leadership

Cross-functional program leadership

Kubernetes

Cloud automation

Cost optimization

Observability

Tools

Kubernetes: EKS/AKS

Terraform/OpenTofu/Pulumi

Python/TypeScript

CI/CD pipelines

IAM & security

Job description

Job Description

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud/platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure leadership roles.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional technical programs with direct business impact.
• Strong hands-on depth in at least two of the following: Kubernetes platforms, cloud infrastructure automation, cost optimization, observability, CI/CD systems.
• Experience across AWS and Azure in production environments.
• Proven ability to translate business goals into technical roadmap execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  

Technical Skills

• Managed Kubernetes platforms: EKS and/or AKS architecture and operations.
• Infrastructure as Code: strong hands-on depth in Terraform or OpenTofu or Pulumi.
• Cloud automation and scripting: Python and/or TypeScript for workflow and operations automation.
• CI/CD implementation: Git-based pipelines, environment promotion, release controls, rollback patterns.
• Cloud security foundations: IAM, secrets management, policy enforcement, and least-privilege design.
• Cost optimization engineering: rightsizing, idle resource remediation, schedule automation, and governance controls.
• Observability foundations: metrics, logs, traces, alert design, and SLO-oriented operating practices.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Configuration management and systems automation (Ansible or equivalent).
• Experience evaluating or migrating monitoring stacks (for example, Datadog alternatives).
• Experience with Kafka platform migrations, including Kafka-as-a-Service adoption.
• Experience enabling ARM64 migration and multi-arch build/deployment practices.
• Experience driving stateless architecture transitions and config externalization patterns.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud transformation in multi-tenant or regulated environments.
• Experience with FinOps practices and cost governance operating models.
• Experience with platform migration programs (for example, KaaS, ARM, stateless modernization).