[What the role is]
A hands-on individual contributor role within the Platform Team, responsible for backend application development, system integration, Kubernetes operations and maintenance of shared platform components.
[What you will be working on]
- Design, develop and maintain backend applications, REST APIs and microservices using Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js.
- Write clean, secure, well-tested code and participate in code reviews and solution design.
- Containerise applications using Docker, Podman, Containerd ; prepare and maintain Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts.
- Deploy, monitor and troubleshoot applications on Kubernetes, including pods, services, ingress, DNS, networking, certificates and storage.
- Support Kubernetes cluster bootstrapping, upgrades and patching.
- Support CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Ansible/AWX), incident investigation and vulnerability remediation.
- Maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures and operational runbooks.
Platform Technologies - Kubernetes
- MetalLB
- Prometheus/Grafana/Alertmanager
- Kyverno
- Calico
- NGINX Ingress
- cert-manager
- HashiCorp Vault
- External Secrets Operator
- Rook-Ceph
- RabbitMQ/MQTT
- Container registries
- Centralised logging
- Backup tools
[What we are looking for]
- Strong Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js/TypeScript development experience.
- Experience with REST APIs, microservices, relational databases and SQL.
- Solid understanding of Docker/Podman, Kubernetes concepts and resources (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, PVs).
- Proficiency with Git, branching workflows and code reviews.
- Basic Linux administration, shell scripting and networking fundamentals (HTTP/S, DNS, TCP/IP, TLS).
- 3 to 6 years of relevant experience.
- Background in in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or related field.
- Practical Kubernetes exposure.
Preferred Experience - Helm
- GitLab CI/CD
- Ansible/AWX
- Prometheus/Grafana
- MQTT/RabbitMQ
- On-premises or air-gapped Kubernetes
- Kubernetes security and secrets management
- Production incident support
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