Principal Platform Engineer- GCP and Kubernetes is a must

SonicWall; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SonicWall is seeking a seasoned Principal Platform Engineer to lead the evolution and performance of our Kubernetes-based production environment in Pune, India. You will drive reliability, scalability, and observability across mission-critical systems, partnering with Engineering and Support teams to optimize performance and influence architectural decisions.

Required: 5+ years hands-on Kubernetes in production, strong Linux, GCP, Terraform, and Go/Python; 10+ years experience with degree or

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments.
• Strong expertise with Linux systems administration and troubleshooting
• GCP cloud experience required; multi-cloud exposure is a plus
• Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code workflows
• Strong understanding of container lifecycle management and deployments
• Programming experience in Go, Python, or a comparable language
• Experience with database performance optimization and tuning
• Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals and network-level troubleshooting

Responsibilities

• Maintain, scale, and enhance our Kubernetes production platform.
• Improve the performance, reliability, and availability of production systems
• Ensure comprehensive observability across services, infrastructure, and applications (metrics, logs, traces, alerts)
• Diagnose and tune database and service performance across distributed systems
• Partner with Development teams to assess platform impact of new features and architectural changes
• Identify architecture bottlenecks and contribute to scalable, resilient technical solutions
• Collaborate with Support teams to build and maintain operational runbooks and improve incident response processes

Job description

Principal Platform Engineer- GCP and Kubernetes is a must

Pune, Maharashtra, India

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunnerwith more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alonein the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram .

We are seeking a seasoned Principal Platform Engineer to lead the evolution and performance of our Kubernetes-based production environment. In this role, you will drive reliability, scalability, and observability across mission-critical systems while working hands-on with Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, and modern infrastructure automation. You will partner closely with Engineering and Support teams to optimize system performance, influence architectural decisions, and build resilient platforms that enable business growth at scale.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, scale, and enhance our Kubernetes production platform
• Improve the performance, reliability, and availability of production systems
• Ensure comprehensive observability across services, infrastructure, and applications (metrics, logs, traces, alerts)
• Diagnose and tune database and service performance across distributed systems
• Partner with Development teams to assess platform impact of new features and architectural changes
• Identify architecture bottlenecks and contribute to scalable, resilient technical solutions
• Collaborate with Support teams to build and maintain operational runbooks and improve incident response processes

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments
• Strong expertise with Linux systems administration and troubleshooting
• GCP cloud experience required; multi-cloud exposure is a plus
• Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code workflows
• Strong understanding of container lifecycle management and deployments
• Programming experience in Go, Python, or a comparable language
• Experience with database performance optimization and tuning
• Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals and network-level troubleshooting

Education and Experience

• At least 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience preferred
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred

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