What you will do:
• End-to-end administration and operations of CNIS platforms including Kubernetes, container runtimes, and cloud-native infrastructure components.
• Manage and optimize Cloud Container Distribution (CCD), covering provisioning, upgrades, backup/restore, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Perform CCD health checks, configuration drift analysis, capacity tracking, and environment validation across clusters.
• Work closely with app and platform teams to onboard workloads and provide CCD-level support.
• Monitor system performance and availability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and other tools.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and operational policies.
• Participate in and lead DR planning, execution, and RCA of major incidents.
• Maintain detailed runbooks, MOPs, and CNIS documentation for operational readiness.
• Monitor SDI health and performance, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure seamless integration with CNIS layers.
• Good troubleshooting experience with CNIS components.
• Expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system administration and troubleshooting.
• Hardware troubleshooting experience on HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge servers.
• Patch management, firmware upgrades, and OS-level tuning.
• Strong hands-on experience with Juniper and Extreme Networks switches.
• Switch boot process, firmware upgrades, backup/restore, Border leaf switch management and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with traffic filtering, isolation, and multi-tenant CNIS network architecture.
•  Configuration of VLANs, trunking, port profiles (access/trunk), and ACLs.
•  Strong knowledge on CEPH Storage administration and troubleshooting.

The skills you bring:
• 10+ years of Experience is supporting & managing business critical operations.
•  In depth knowledge & working experience on Linux Administration.
•  In depth knowledge & working experience on Dockers, Kubernetes & any other cloud platform.
•  Troubleshooting & Debugging skills to find issues.
•  Understanding of SDN and integration with container networking layers (e.g., Calico).
•  Familiarity with traffic filtering, isolation, and multi-tenant CNIS network architecture.
•  Switch boot process, firmware upgrades, backup/restore, Border leaf switch management and troubleshooting.
•  Configuration of VLANs,trucking, port profiles (access/trunk), and ACLs.
•  Performance analysis, component replacement, switch stacking, and chassis management.

Certifications Preferred:
•  CKA / CKAD / CKS – Kubernetes certifications
•  Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA/RHCE)
•  Networking certifications (Juniper/Extreme/SDN)
•  ITIL Foundation (preferred in process-driven environments)