About the role
We are looking for an experienced DevOps / SRE Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, and API Gateway administration. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building, managing, monitoring, and improving highly available cloud platforms and API infrastructure. The role requires strong experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), production support, incident management, automation, observability, and cloud-native technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Administer and manage API Gateway / API Management platforms, with hands-on experience in Apigee.
- Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Manage Kubernetes / GKE clusters and containerised workloads.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Build and manage Docker-based application environments.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated application and infrastructure deployments.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability across cloud and application environments.
- Work with Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Kibana for monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting.
- Implement and manage Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
- Support GitOps-based deployment and infrastructure management practices.
- Work with Istio / Service Mesh for traffic management, security, and observability.
- Troubleshoot production issues and participate in incident management, root-cause analysis, and service restoration.
- Implement and maintain secure authentication and authorisation mechanisms using OAuth2 / OIDC.
- Collaborate with development, security, infrastructure, and product teams in an Agile / SRE environment.
- Continuously improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, security, and automation.
The core requirements for the job include the following:
Mandatory Skills:
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Mandatory
- Kubernetes / GKE
- Terraform
- Docker
- Linux
- CI/CD
- API Gateway Administration
- Apigee
- Cloud Monitoring, Alerting and Logging
- SRE / Site Reliability Engineering experience
- Incident Management and Production Support
- OAuth2 / OIDC operational knowledge
Good to Have:
- Helm
- GitOps
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Elasticsearch / Kibana
- Istio / Service Mesh
- Distributed tracing/observability
- Experience with cloud-native architecture
- Automation and scripting
Ideal Candidate:
- The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience managing GCP-based cloud platforms and Kubernetes environments, along with exposure to API Gateway / Apigee administration, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, observability, and SRE practices.
- Strong troubleshooting skills, production ownership, automation mindset, and experience handling critical incidents in a cloud-native environment will be highly valued.
- Core Technology Stack: GCP, Apigee, GKE/Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Linux, CI/CD, Helm, GitOps, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch/Kibana, Istio, OAuth2/OIDC, SRE.