Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• 5+ years of hands on experience and deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, including control plane, worker nodes, API server, etcd, resource lifecycle management, and reconciliation patterns.
• 10+ years of Infrastructure, Cloud, or Platform Engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Cluster API (CAPI) for Kubernetes cluster provisioning, scaling, upgrades, lifecycle management, and infrastructure automation.
• 7 + years of hands on experience and advanced knowledge of Kubernetes workload management including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and container lifecycle operations.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes networking including CNI, CoreDNS, Ingress Controllers, Gateway API, Load Balancers, Service Discovery, and Network Policies.
• Experience implementing GitOps-based deployment models using Flux, Helm, Kustomize, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes security, RBAC, Service Accounts, Secrets Management, certificate management, and policy enforcement frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, centralized logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance management.
• Experience with persistent storage technologies including CSI drivers, Storage Classes, PV/PVC administration, and stateful workload management.
• Proven experience implementing disaster recovery, backup/restore strategies, high availability architectures, and platform resilience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes clusters, nodes, networking, workloads, scheduling, storage, authentication, and infrastructure components.

Must-have Certification: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Nice to Have Experience: Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)

Nice to Have Certification:

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

AWS Solutions Architect Professional / Associate

Roles & Responsibilities

The Kubernetes Platform Architect will serve as the technical leader responsible for defining and operating enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms. This role combines platform architecture, lifecycle automation, security governance, observability, and multi-cluster strategy to deliver a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native ecosystem that accelerates application delivery and operational excellence.
• Architect, design, and govern enterprise Kubernetes platforms supporting mission-critical applications.
• Define Kubernetes reference architectures, platform standards, operational models, and lifecycle management processes.
• Lead cluster provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and decommissioning using Cluster API and automation frameworks.
• Design and implement secure, highly available, and scalable multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Establish GitOps practices for configuration management, deployment automation, and platform consistency.
• Drive platform security initiatives including RBAC governance, secrets management, admission controls, policy enforcement, and compliance standards.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions to ensure platform health and operational excellence.
• Develop capacity planning, scheduling, workload placement, and resource optimization strategies.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex platform, networking, storage, security, and cluster availability issues.
• Design and validate backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions for Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to onboard and support cloud-native applications.
• Establish governance, tenancy models, operational automation, and cost optimization practices across multiple Kubernetes clusters.
• Provide architectural leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to platform engineering and operations teams.
• Evaluate emerging Kubernetes ecosystem technologies and drive continuous platform modernization initiatives.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any
• Product Strategy, Roadmap Development, and Cross-Functional Stakeholder Leadership
• Experience in driving continuous improvement including design, and standardization of process and methodologies.
• Experience assessing feasibility, complexity and scope of new capabilities and solutions.
• Cross-functional stakeholder collaboration and communication.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and collaboration with global business and product teams.

Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.