Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Kubernetes / OpenShift

Altiquence Communications; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Altiquence Communications in Hyderabad is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design, build and operate a high-scale OpenShift/Kubernetes platform for a telecom-grade environment. You will focus on reliability, automation, and platform scalability while enabling development teams through robust DevOps and GitOps practices.

You will deploy and manage OpenShift clusters, administer Kubernetes components, design CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure using Ansible, Terraform, Helm, and YAML,

Qualifications

• 4+ years IT experience with 3+ years in Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Strong expertise in OpenShift & Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, Helm, Operators, ArgoCD, Tekton.
• Experience with cluster networking and storage; Linux administration (RHEL/CentOS/Unix); security (RBAC, certificates, OAuth).
• Proficiency in Ansible, Terraform; Bash/Python scripting.
• Familiarity with AWS/Azure/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage OpenShift clusters across bare metal and hybrid cloud.
• Administer Kubernetes components, cluster networking, ingress, and routing.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Automate infrastructure using Ansible, Terraform, Helm, and YAML.
• Execute migration of VM workloads to OpenShift Virtualization.
• Implement cluster security (RBAC, OAuth/SSO, network policies).
• Configure persistent storage using CSI drivers (RWX/RWO).
• Manage Day 2 operations: monitoring, logging, alerting, performance tuning.
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues across compute, network, and storage.
• Prepare and execute MOPs for production deployments.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD

Scripting Bash/Python

GitOps

Terraform/Ansible

ArgoCD/Tekton

Linux administration

Cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

ArgoCD

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Kubernetes Operators

Job description

Overview

Wearelooking for a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, build, and operate a high-scale OpenShift/Kubernetes platform for a telecom-grade environment. You will focus on reliability, automation, and platform scalability while enabling development teams through robust DevOps and GitOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage highly availableOpenShift (OCP 3.x/4.x)clusters across bare metal and hybrid cloud
• AdministerKubernetes components, cluster networking (SDN/OVN-K), ingress, and routing
• Design and implementCI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows(ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Automate infrastructure usingAnsible, Terraform, Helm, and YAML
• Execute migration of VM workloads toOpenShift Virtualization
• Implement cluster security (RBAC, OAuth/SSO, network policies, certificates, secrets management)
• Configure persistent storage usingCSI drivers (RWX/RWO)
• ManageDay 2 operations: monitoring, logging, alerting, performance tuning
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues across compute, network, and storage
• Prepare and executeMOPsfor production deployments

Required Skills

• 4+ years IT experience with3+ years in Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Strong expertise in:
  • OpenShift & Kubernetes
  • Docker / Podman
  • Helm, Operators, ArgoCD, Tekton
• Experience with:
  • Cluster networking and storage
  • Linux administration (RHEL/CentOS/Unix)
  • Security (RBAC, certificates, OAuth)
• Proficiency in:
  • Ansible, Terraform
  • Bash / Python scripting
• Familiarity withAWS/Azure/GCP
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Preferred Skills

• Service Mesh (Istio / OpenShift Service Mesh)
• Knative / Serverless
• Hybrid cloud architectures
• Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• SREpractices (SLIs/SLOs, reliability engineering)

Success Criteria

• Highly reliable and scalable OpenShift platform
• Automated deployments and operations
• Efficient migration to containerized workloads
• Strong monitoring and fast incident resolution