Track Manager - AWS IAC, Terraform,Python

HCLTech; Nagpur District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a senior PaaS Engineer (L3) with 9+ years of experience in enterprise PaaS, cloud infrastructure, and container platforms. You will administer hybrid and multi-cloud PaaS environments, optimize performance, and lead major incidents while driving automation and security hardening.

Responsibilities include platform upgrades, scale management, CI/CD integration, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise PaaS and Cloud Platform Operations experience.
• Advanced Kubernetes and Docker/container platforms expertise.
• Strong Linux administration and networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers).
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and IaC for automation.
• CI/CD, DevOps, Git, and deployment automation expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration and support of enterprise PaaS and cloud platforms.
• Manage Kubernetes, container platforms, middleware, and cloud-native services.
• Assist deployment, configuration, scaling, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot complex hosting, container, API, and network issues; lead major incidents and RCA.
• Plan platform upgrades, patching, migrations, and change validation.
• Ensure platform availability, performance monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Support high availability, DR, backup, and resilience requirements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and provide guidance to L1/L2 engineers.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Git

Linux administration

Platform automation

Terraform

Ansible

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

PaaS Engineer (L3) with 9+ years of experience in enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS), cloud infrastructure, container platforms, middleware, and application hosting environments. Responsible for advanced platform administration, complex troubleshooting, platform upgrades, automation, performance optimization, major incident resolution, RCA, security hardening, and operational stability across hybrid and multi-cloud PaaS environments.

Key Responsibilities

Lead administration and operational support of enterprise PaaS and cloud application platforms. Manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes, container platforms, middleware, and cloud-native services. Support application deployment, platform configuration, scaling, upgrades, and lifecycle management. Troubleshoot complex application hosting, container, API, middleware, network, and platform integration issues. Lead PaaS-related major incidents, service restoration, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Plan and execute platform upgrades, patching, migrations, configuration changes, and post-change validation. Manage platform availability, capacity, performance, monitoring, logging, and alerting. Support High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, and platform resilience requirements. Develop and maintain platform automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell, or equivalent tools. Support CI/CD pipelines and integration with DevOps deployment processes. Manage IAM/RBAC, certificates, secrets, service accounts, and platform security controls. Support vulnerability remediation, security hardening, and compliance activities. Coordinate with Application, DevOps, Cloud, Database, Network, Cybersecurity, and vendor teams. Provide technical guidance and escalation support to L1/L2 platform engineers. Maintain architecture documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and technical knowledge articles.

Skill Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with enterprise PaaS and Cloud Platform Operations. Advanced experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized application platforms. Strong experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Microsoft Azure PaaS services. Good knowledge of microservices, APIs, middleware, application hosting, and cloud-native architecture. Strong experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Git, and deployment automation. Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills. Good understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, API Gateway, certificates, and application connectivity. Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and application/platform performance analysis. Strong understanding of IAM, RBAC, secrets management, and platform security. Knowledge of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, and platform resilience concepts. Strong experience with Major Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and RCA. Strong troubleshooting, technical leadership, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills. Relevant AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes/CKA, or Red Hat certifications preferred.