Festo inspires people and organizations around the world with innovative solutions for industrial automation. We are an independent family business and offer more than 20,000 employees the opportunity to take bold steps, realize their ideas, and take on responsibility. As a team, we grow by tackling challenges together and we welcome everyone who wants to move the world with us.

System Engineer Kubernetes-Platform Engi

AdCode:  14828
City:  Bangalore, Karnataka
Custom Field 3: 
Custom Field 4:  Full Time
Custom Field 2:  Information Technology
Company:  Festo India Private Ltd.

Your job:

  • Operate, improve, and maintain the enterprise Kubernetes platform across AWS (EKS), Azure (AKS), and on-prem environments
  • Implement automation and infrastructure changes using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and manage CI/CD/GitOps workflows with GitLab and Argo CD
  • Support application teams with onboarding, deployments, troubleshooting, and daily platform operations
  • Manage and optimize core platform components including networking (CNI), storage (CSI), ingress (Traefik, HAProxy, ALB), service discovery, and DNS
  • Ensure platform reliability, performance, and security through cluster hardening, RBAC, network policies, image scanning, and compliance controls
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, storage, and containers, leading incident response and root-cause analysis

 

Your qualification:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Kubernetes in production, including managed services (AKS/EKS) and on-prem platforms
  • Strong skills in IaC (Terraform, Ansible), container tooling (Helm/Kustomize), and scripting (Python/Bash)
  • Experience with GitOps (Argo CD) and CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
  • Proficiency with ingress/load-balancing technologies such as Traefik, HAProxy, or equivalents
  • Strong Linux, container runtime (Docker/Containerd), and distributed systems troubleshooting expertise
    levant certifications (CKA/CKAD/CKS) are a plus, along with strong English communication skill and a team-oriented, ownershipdriven mindset

Your benefits at a glance:

We look forward to your application and to getting to know you!