Cloud Native Engineer

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.

About Position

We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Native Engineer (Kubernetes Platform) to lead the design, provisioning, and operational excellence of Kubernetes platforms across both lightweight and enterprise-grade environments.This role is critical in building secure, scalable, and production-ready platform foundations that enable modern cloud-native application delivery at scale.

• Role: Cloud Native Engineer (Kubernetes Platform)
• Location: Pune & Bangalore
• Experience: 15yr+
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

• Kubernetes Platform Ownership
• Design, provision, and manage Kubernetes clusters across: Freebird (k3s) for lightweight environments
• Managed Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) for production workloads
• Architect multi-cluster and multi-environment (dev/stage/prod) strategies
• Own end-to-end cluster lifecycle management (provisioning, upgrades, decommissioning)
• Compute & Node Management
• Design node pools with autoscaling, taints/tolerations, and spot vs on-demand strategies
• Optimize cost, performance, and workload isolation
• Align workload scheduling with defined SLAs
• Networking & Traffic Management
• Implement and manage Ingress Controllers (NGINX, ALB, or equivalent)
• Define service exposure patterns (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer)
• Enforce network policies for secure pod-to-pod and external traffic
• Configure TLS termination and advanced routing strategies
• Security & Compliance
• Implement Pod Security Standards and admission controls
• Design RBAC and namespace isolation policies
• Ensure cluster hardening and runtime security best practices
• Align with enterprise security frameworks and tools
• Certificate & Identity Management
• Manage cert-manager for automated certificate lifecycle
• Handle TLS provisioning, renewal, and domain management
• Integrate with external CAs (e.g., Let’s Encrypt, enterprise CA)
• Service Mesh & Advanced Networking
• Deploy and manage service mesh platforms (Istio, Linkerd)
• Enable mTLS for secure service-to-service communication
• Support canary releases, A/B routing, and traffic shaping
• Improve observability via metrics, logging, and tracing
• Platform Reliability & Operations
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of clusters
• Troubleshoot cluster-level issues (networking, scheduling, performance)
• Define and enforce SLOs/SLAs
• Collaboration & Enablement
• Work closely with DevOps and Platform Engineering teams for CI/CD integration
• Align with IaC practices (Terraform-based provisioning)
• Mentor application teams on Kubernetes best practices and optimization

• 15+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or SRE roles
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster provisioning, scaling, and troubleshooting
• Strong experience across self-managed (k3s/k8s) and managed cloud Kubernetes platforms
• Advanced understanding of: Kubernetes networking, DNS, ingress/egress
• Network policies and service exposure
• TLS, certificates, and runtime security
• Proven experience with service mesh implementations (Istio / Linkerd)
• Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar tools)
• Strong scripting/programming skills (Go, Python, or Bash preferred)
• Exposure to observability ecosystems (Prometheus, Grafana, logging frameworks) is a plus
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”

Kubernetes, k3s, EKS / GKE / AKS, Terraform, IAC