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We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer - Infra Services with strong operational expertise in enterprise DNS platforms to implement and support our current and future DNS & Kubernetes architecture in private cloud. You will be directly responsible for ensuring the scalability, resilience, automation, and performance optimization of our DNS & Kubernetes environment by leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Python and Terraform

This is a deeply technical role requiring expert-level understanding of DNS, Kubernetes and extensive working knowledge on Linux Operating systems. You will also collaborate with platform and SRE teams to maintain secure, performant, and multi-tenant-isolated services that serve high-throughput, mission-critical applications. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Implementand support large scale DNS Architecture that stretches private & public cloud across multiple regions.
• Implement and support Infoblox DDI solutions (DNS, IPAM, DHCP), Cloudflare DNS management, Google & AWS DNS services.
• Implement and support multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters leveraging BareMetal servers and Software defined storage protocols.
• Implement Infrastructure as code leveraging CI/CD automation, Ansible, Terraform/Pulumi, Python and Bash for automated provisioning of DNS services.
• Implementcontinuous delivery pipelines for Infrastructure updates, including patch management, service upgrade testing, and rollback procedures. 
• Develop automated monitoring, alerting, and healing mechanisms using GitOps principles and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Grafana).
• Harden services for high availability, disaster recovery, and scale-out operations.
• Perform deep-dive troubleshooting and performance analysis of Infrastructure services across hypervisors, backend storage protocols and networking layers.
• Be involved in Change management and Global team collaboration
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and root cause analysis for platform reliability issues.

Minimum Qualifications 

• 5+ in managing global DNS & Kubernetes on Linux Operating Systems.
• Expertise with Infoblox DDI systems (or similar enterprise DNS systems), Bind9, CloudFlare, GCP and AWS DNS services.
• Expert knowledge in managing Kubernetes and Ubuntu Linux systems.
• Proven experience automating infrastructure processes and deployments using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and CI/CD pipelines, with demonstrated ability to drive and scale a culture of automation.
• Strong Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) systems engineering background with advanced scripting inPython, Bash, or  
• Familiar with various Infrastructure technology stacks like Hypervisor Technologies (KVM, Vsphere,), storage protocols (SDS) (iSCSI, NFS, CEPH), L2/L3 Networking
• Strong experience supporting mission critical 24x7 customer facing production environments.
• Ability to write technical documentation and contribute to community wikis or knowledge bases.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Good understanding of overall Enterprise Common Infrastructure service implementations with a focus on DNS & Kubernetes.
• Understanding of security best practices for system patching and security compliance (e.g., CIS, NIST).
• Background in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Experience building and maintainingautomated test environments for system upgrades and DNS migrations. 
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience and relevant industry certifications will also be considered.

What You'll Get 

• A collaborative team that's deeply invested in infrastructure excellence.
• Complex technical challenges that require creative, scalable solutions.
• The opportunity to shape a next-generation private cloud platform-built reliability.
• Access to the latest tools, frameworks, and upstream project developments.

Skills and Attributes: 

• Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to translate complex, cross-domain requirements into scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation solutions.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record of effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, including developers, operations, security, and product stakeholders.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Passionate about knowledge-sharing and mentorship, with experience guiding junior engineers and fostering a team culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence in cloud engineering and DevOps practices.