Software Consultant - DevOps

Professional Transportation Consulting, Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Transportation Consulting, Inc. in Pune, India, seeks a senior DevOps engineer to lead production Kubernetes deployments on AKS and EKS, with emphasis on scalable architectures and automated delivery.

The role requires deep experience in cluster security, Helm and Helmfile, KEDA autoscaling, and cloud service integrations (Azure and AWS).

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of IT experience.
• 5+ years deploying and managing production workloads on Kubernetes.
• Deep expertise in AKS (primary) and EKS (secondary).

Responsibilities

• Deploy, package, and maintain applications on AKS/EKS.
• Oversee cluster architecture, namespaces, ingress, service meshes, and workloads.
• Implement autoscaling using custom metrics (Prometheus, etc.).
• Enforce container security, image hardening, and security scanning in pipelines.
• Integrate clusters with Azure and AWS services (IAM, Key Vault, networking).

Skills

Kubernetes architecture

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

EKS (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

Helm

Helmfile

KEDA autoscaling

Container security

RBAC and least privilege

Secrets management

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

External Secrets Operator

OPA Gatekeeper

Kyverno

Job description

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way.Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business.

Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Deployment & Orchestration: Package, deploy, and maintain complex applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Kubernetes Architecture: Oversee cluster architecture, namespace topology, ingress controllers, service meshes, and stateful/stateless workloads.
• Autoscaling & Observability: Implement workload autoscaling using custom application and infrastructure metrics.
• Cluster Security & Hardening: Enforce container security best practices, perform base image hardening, implement network policies, manage RBAC, and integrate continuous security scanning into deployment pipelines.
• Cloud Infrastructure & Integration: Integrate Kubernetes clusters with native Azure and AWS services (e.g., IAM/Entra ID integration, key vaults, storage, secret management, and cloud networking).

Required Qualifications & Skills

Core Experience

• 8–10 years of overall IT experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience specifically deploying, configuring, and managing enterprise production workloads on Kubernetes
• Deep operational expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (Primary) and Amazon EKS (Secondary).

Must-Have Skillset

• Kubernetes Architecture: Thorough understanding of control plane components, ETCD, Kubelet, CNI plug-ins, CSI drivers, and Kubernetes networking primitives.
• Helm & Helmfile: Proficient in writing modular Helm charts, managing multi-environment releases via Helmfile, and templating complex application stacks.
• KEDA Autoscaling: Direct experience configuring KEDA scaled objects, scalers, and custom metrics (Prometheus, Azure Monitor, Kafka, queues, etc.) for event-driven autoscaling.
• Security & Image Hardening: Deep understanding of container security concepts, including: Container base image hardening and vulnerability scanning.
• Pod Security Standards (PSS) / Admission Controllers (OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno).
• Secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, External Secrets Operator).
• Least-privilege RBAC and node-level isolation.
• Cloud Services Knowledge: Strong grasp of core AWS and Azure services (VNet/VPC, Identity/IAM, Load Balancers, Key Vaults/KMS).

Life at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you.

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