# Kubernetes Engineer

> Weekday AI · Hyderabad, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-28

**Salary:** INR 2,000,000–2,300,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Weekday's Client via platform

## Description

**This role is for one of the Weekday's clients**

**Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 2300000 (ie INR 20-23 LPA)**

Experience: 7+ yrs

Location: Hyderabad

Job Type: full-time

The Kubernetes Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing microservices platforms driven by service mesh, utilizing **Istio** on both **Amazon EKS** and **Oracle OKE**. This position is perfect for individuals who excel at the crossroads of platform engineering, cloud-native networking, and service mesh observability. You will focus on creating resilient, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments while supporting teams in adopting advanced traffic management and zero-trust security models.

## Requirements

### 🛠️ Key Responsibilities

**Kubernetes Platform Engineering**

-   Deploy, operate, and scale Kubernetes clusters using **AWS EKS** and **Oracle OKE**.
-   Automate cluster lifecycle management with tools such as Terraform, Helm, GitLab (ArgoCD/Flux), or equivalent technologies.
-   Enhance cluster performance by optimizing autoscaling, node pools, and workload scheduling.

**Istio Service Mesh Architecture**

-   Design and develop **Istio** service mesh solutions across multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments.
-   Set up traffic management capabilities, including:

-   Canary releases
-   Blue/green deployments
-   Traffic splitting
-   Fault injection
-   Circuit breaking

-   Implement mTLS, enforce zero-trust networking, and apply security policies.
-   Manage configurations for Istio ingress/egress gateways and Envoy proxies.

**Cloud-Native Networking & Security**

-   Establish network policies, service discovery mechanisms, and secure communication protocols.
-   Integrate Istio with identity providers such as OIDC, OAuth2, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
-   Work with networking components in AWS and OCI, including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, security lists, and NSGs.

**Observability & Reliability**

-   Develop comprehensive observability solutions using:

-   Prometheus
-   Grafana
-   Kiali
-   Jaeger/Zipkin
-   CloudWatch / OCI Monitoring

-   Diagnose mesh-related issues such as latency, routing failures, and sidecar performance problems.
-   Define and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.

**Automation & DevOps Integration**

-   Integrate Istio and Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines.
-   Automate mesh configurations and cluster management using scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go.
-   Enable platform self-service features to support development teams.

**📚 Required Skills & Qualifications**

-   4 to 8 years of solid experience in Kubernetes platform engineering.
-   Hands-on production experience with **Istio**.
-   Strong expertise in architecture and operations of **EKS** and **OKE** clusters.
-   Deep understanding of Envoy proxy behavior and service mesh design patterns.
-   Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, GitOps tools, and YAML-based configuration management.
-   Comprehensive knowledge of cloud networking concepts including VPC, CNI plugins, ingress/egress, and load balancers.
-   Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali, and Jaeger.
-   Strong scripting abilities in Python, Bash, or Go.

**🎯 Preferred Qualifications**

-   Experience managing multi-cluster or multi-mesh deployments.
-   Familiarity with AWS App Mesh or OCI Service Mesh (advantageous).
-   Knowledge of SPIFFE/SPIRE identity frameworks.
-   Experience with container security tools like Falco, Trivy, Aqua, or Prisma.
-   Relevant certifications, including:

-   **CKA / CKAD / CKS**
-   **AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer**
-   **OCI Architect**

## Apply

[Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/05D4CC7C54/apply)

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