VP, Cloud Engineer

Jobtailor; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Hyderabad, India, seeks an experienced IT Infrastructure/Cloud Architect to lead design, deployment, and security of Kubernetes clusters and cloud environments. You will implement IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and RBAC as part of secure, scalable infrastructure.

Responsibilities include optimizing performance, ensuring regulatory compliance, and guiding cross-functional teams across on‑prem and cloud deployments to deliver reliable, compliant services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with 8+ years in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture.
• Proven expertise designing, implementing, and securing network environments across data centers.
• Hands-on with IaC and CI/CD tooling including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Infra, platform and operations teams to enhance IaC development and deployment.
• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across environments (on-prem/cloud/hybrid).
• Implement version control strategies to ensure configuration consistency.
• Set up monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) for clusters and apps.
• Enforce security best practices (RBAC, network policies, image scanning).
• Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
• Automate repetitive tasks using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor system performance and capacity, stay updated with trends.
• Support 24x7 Service Desk with high customer satisfaction KPIs.

Skills

Kubernetes Cluster Management

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Network Security

Monitoring Systems

Version Control

Cloud Architecture

Performance Optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Advanced degree (8+ years experience in IT infra/cloud)

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform Enterprise

Service Desk Tools

Job description

• Collaborate with Infra, platform and operations teams to improve the IaC development and deployment process
• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters in various environments (on-premises, cloud, hybrid) to support containerized applications.
• Implement version control strategies and best practices to ensure code and configuration consistency.
• Set up monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) for Kubernetes clusters and applications.
• Implement and advocate for security best practices for Kubernetes and containerized environments, including RBAC, network policies, and image scanning.
• Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes using scripts and tools like Terraform IaC, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements
• Monitor and optimize system performance and capacity
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Assist with 24x7 Service Desk providing local and remote services at a high level of customer satisfaction with measurable KPIs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; advanced degree with minimum of 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture. or in lieu of a degree, 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture.
• Proven expertise designing, implementing, and securing network environments across Business Centers, Physical & Virtual Data Centers (including infrastructure, networking, storage services)
• Proficient with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Terraform Enterprise, including expertise in creating and maintaining pipelines.
• Proficient with cloud platform - AWS and the ability to deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters in these environments.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters across various environments while implementing security best practices and optimizing cloud infrastructure. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and CI/CD processes to enhance operational efficiency and compliance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Kubernetes Cluster Management
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools
• CI/CD Pipeline Development
• Cloud Platform Optimization (AWS)
• Security Best Practices Implementation

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Ansible
• CloudFormation
• CI/CD Tools
• Network Security
• Monitoring Systems (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Version Control Strategies
• Cloud Architecture
• Performance Optimization

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Customer Satisfaction
• Problem Solving
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• IT Infrastructure
• Cloud Architecture
• Regulatory Compliance
• Containerized Applications
• Network Policies

Tools & Technologies

• Jenkins
• GitLab CI/CD
• Terraform Enterprise
• Service Desk Tools