SRE, Platform Engineer - AWS EKS For Apptad Technology _Hybrid

Work Location Bangalore/Hyderabad/Pune Work Mode (Onsite / Hybrid / Remote) Hybrid Senior Site Reliability Engineer / Platform Engineer AWS EKS Role Overview This role owns the reliability, security, automation, and scalability of the AWS EKS platform. The Senior SRE / Platform Engineer acts as a platform owner, enabling application teams through standardized infrastructure, GitOps workflows, policy enforcement, and observability. The position requires deep hands-on expertise across Kubernetes, AWS infrastructure, security tooling, and SRE operational practices. Primary Responsibilities Kubernetes & EKS Platform Engineering Architect, deploy, and operate production-grade Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS Implement EKS automation using EKS Blueprints and manage lifecycle of all EKS add-ons Plan and execute Kubernetes and EKS version upgrades with minimal downtime Autoscaling & Compute Optimization Design and operate Karpenter-based autoscaling for stateless and stateful workloads Optimize cost, performance, and availability through dynamic instance provisioning Service Mesh & Traffic Management Design and operate Istio service mesh (sidecar and ambient mesh models) Implement traffic policies including mTLS, retries, circuit breaking, and timeouts Policy, Security & Runtime Protection Implement Kubernetes admission and governance using Kyverno and OPA/Gatekeeper Operate Falco for runtime threat detection and incident investigation Integrate security controls into GitOps workflows Infrastructure as Code & Automation Develop reusable Terraform modules for AWS infrastructure including VPCs, EKS, and Transit Gateway Implement Terragrunt-based multi-account, multi-region architectures GitOps & Platform Operations Design and operate self-managed Argo CD for platform, security, and add-on management Define Git-based promotion and access models across environments Observability & SRE Operations Design and operate Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements Reduce operational toil through automation and self-service tooling Security & Compliance (Wiz) Own remediation of Wiz-reported security findings across AWS infrastructure and EKS clusters Partner with Security teams to implement preventive guardrails Required Skills & Experience 6+ years of experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles Strong hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and AWS EKS Deep experience with Terraform, Terragrunt, and EKS Blueprints Hands-on experience with Karpenter autoscaling Experience operating Istio service mesh Strong experience with Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, and Falco Observability experience using Prometheus GitOps experience using Argo CD Strong AWS fundamentals: VPC, IAM, EC2, ALB/NLB, EBS/EFS Proven experience resolving Wiz security findings Nice to Have Experience with Ambient Mesh Familiarity with SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets Experience in large-scale or regulated environments .