Platform Engineer

Zensar Technologies; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Zensar Technologies in Bengaluru seeks a seasoned Kubernetes and cloud platform engineer to design, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade container platforms. You will work with OpenShift and Rancher, manage Linux systems (RHEL), storage, networking, and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana), and drive GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC practices across mission-critical workloads.

The role demands hands-on expertise in automation, scripting (Shell/Python), and strong trouble-shooting skills

Qualifications

• Kubernetes administration, configuration, upgrades, and production troubleshooting.
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift and/or Rancher for enterprise deployments.
• Strong RHEL/Linux administration and troubleshooting in enterprise environments.
• Linux storage, LVM, filesystems, RAID, server hardware, and system performance troubleshooting.
• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, SSH, TLS/SSL, certificates, and PKI.
• Storage integration with Kubernetes using CSI and dynamic provisioning.
• Automation scripting with Shell/Bash, Python, and Ansible.
• Terraform and IaC for automated infrastructure provisioning.
• Helm, Argo CD, and GitOps for Kubernetes deployments.
• Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines with environment promotion.
• Docker/Podman containers and registries.
• Observability with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring.
• Designing and operating highly available, scalable Platform-as-a-Service environments.
• Supporting platforms for large-scale data ingestion, ETL, and high-throughput workloads.
• LLDP for hardware network-layer identification and TCPDUMP troubleshooting.
• Server network configurations with NIC Bonding and LACP.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux administration

Networking basics

Terraform

Shell scripting

Python

Ansible

GitOps

Docker/Podman

Prometheus Grafana

CI/CD

Linux storage

LLDP/TCPDUMP

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Argo CD

Git/GitHub

Docker

Podman

Job description

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration, configuration, upgrades, operations, and production troubleshooting.
• Experience deploying and managing enterprise Kubernetes platforms using Red Hat OpenShift and/or Rancher.
• Strong hands-on RHEL/Linux administration and troubleshooting experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux storage, LVM, filesystems, RAID, server hardware, and system performance troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of networking, TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, SSH, TLS/SSL, certificates, and PKI.
• Experience with enterprise storage and Pure Storage integration with Kubernetes, including CSI, persistent volumes, storage classes, and dynamic provisioning.
• Hands-on automation and scripting experience using Shell/Bash, Python, and Ansible.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated and repeatable infrastructure provisioning.
• Hands-on experience with Helm, Argo CD, and GitOps for Kubernetes application and platform deployments.
• Strong working knowledge of Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines, including version control, automated deployments, and environment promotion.
• Experience with container technologies including Docker and Podman, container images, registries, networking, storage, and runtime troubleshooting.
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, including metrics, dashboards, alerting, and performance analysis.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, scalable, resilient Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments supporting mission-critical workloads.
• Experience supporting platforms for large-scale data ingestion, ETL, distributed data processing, and high-throughput workloads.
• Experience with using LLDP for hardware network-layer identification and TCPDUMP for network troubleshooting
• Strong knowledge equivalent to CCENT / Network+ for Server network configurations / validations, inclusive of NIC Bonding and LACP requirements