● 8+ years of strong experience in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

● Strong experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CLI

● Hands-on experience with Docker or any other containerization technology to build, ship, and run applications. Ability to write Dockerfiles and use Docker Compose for the application deployment.

● Advanced Kubernetes administration for cluster setup, scaling, monitoring & troubleshooting purposes.

● Manage Kubernetes application lifecycles using Helm (charts, values, hooks)

● Knowledge of creating Kustomize overlays to patch Helm-generated manifests.

● Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform or CloudFormation)

● Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet

● Strong scripting skills in Bash,Shell, Python or similar.

● Design and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, build resilient cloud-native platforms.

● Implement automated build, test and deployment strategies

● Drive zero-downtime deployment models

● Implement DevSecOps best practices

● Excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills.

● Strong leading and mentoring skills, with the ability to lead and inspire development teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

● A passion for technology and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.

● Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and adhere to best practices and coding standards.

● Excellent problem solving and solutioning skills.