Principal Engineer - IT Systems Engineering

Application Management Services

AMS’s mission is to maximize the contributions of MMC Technology as a business-driven, future-ready and competitive function by reducing the time and cost spent managing applications

AMS, Business unit of Marsh McLennan is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Gurgaon/Noida office:

Principal Engineer

Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Position overview:

We are seeking a skilled Kubernetes Platform Engineer with strong background in Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) to manage, configure, and support Kubernetes infrastructure in a dynamic, high-availability environment. The Engineer collaborates with Development, DevOps and other technology teams to ensure that the Kubernetes platform ecosystem is reliable, scalable and efficient.

The ideal candidate must possess hands-on experience in Kubernetes clusters operations management, and container orchestration, along with strong problem-solving skills. Experience in infrastructure platform management is required.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain platform services in Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Perform upgrades and patch management for Kubernetes and its associated components (not limited to API management system) are expected and required.
• Monitor and optimize Kubernetes resources, such as pods, nodes, and namespaces.
• Implement and enforce Kubernetes security best practices, including RBAC, network policies, and secrets management.
• Work with the security team to ensure container and cluster compliance with organizational policies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kubernetes infrastructure in a timely manner.
• Provide technical guidance and support to developers and DevOps teams.
• Maintain detailed documentation of Kubernetes configurations and operational processes.
• Maintain and support of Ci/CD pipelines are not part of the support scope of this position.

Preferred skills and experience:

• At least 3 years of experience in managing and supporting Kubernetes clusters at platform operation layer, and its ecosystem.
• At least 2 years of infrastructure management and support, not limited to SSL certificate, Virtual IP.
• Proficiency in managing Kubernetes clusters using tools such as `kubectl`, Helm, or Kustomize.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of container technologies, including Docker.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes services (EKS, GKE, AKS).
• Understanding of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Knowledge of centralized logging systems like Fluentd, Logstash, or Loki.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or Go).
• Experience in supporting Public Cloud or hybrid cloud environments.