Cloud Platform Architect

Company:
Multicoreware

Website:
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Business Type:
Startup

Company Type:
Product

Business Model:
B2B

Funding Stage:
Pre-seed

Industry:
Software Development

Salary Range:
₹ 12-45 Lacs PA

Job Description
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Architect with deep expertise in networking, storage, and Kubernetes to design and implement a cloud platform at scale, similar to AWS/GCP/Azure. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in infrastructure automation, distributed systems, and large-scale platform engineering, with the ability to architect and lead the development of multi-tenant, high-performance cloud services.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Platform Architecture

• Design and implement a scalable cloud platform covering compute, storage, and networking layers.

• Define architecture for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

• Build core services such as identity & access management, service discovery, observability, and API gateways.

• Networking

• Architect multi-tenant networking for VPC/VNet equivalents, load balancers, firewalls, and service meshes.

• Implement SDN solutions (Calico, Cilium, OVN, etc.) and network policy enforcement at scale.

• Optimize inter-cluster and inter-datacenter connectivity.

• Storage

• Design and manage distributed storage solutions (Ceph, Rook, OpenEBS, MinIO, Lustre).

• Architect persistent storage for Kubernetes (CSI drivers, snapshots, backup/restore).

• Ensure data availability, durability, and compliance with SLAs.

• Kubernetes & Orchestration

• Design multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms with advanced scheduling, security, and RBAC.

• Automate provisioning, scaling, and upgrades using operators, Helm, and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).

• Integrate with monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK).

• Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code

• Implement full stack automation with Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.

• Drive CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.

• Build self-service capabilities for internal teams.

• Security & Compliance

• Design security at all layers (network, storage, workloads).

• Implement secrets management (Vault, External Secrets, KMS).

• Ensure compliance with data governance and regulatory requirements.

• Leadership

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define roadmap and priorities.

• Mentor and guide platform engineers and DevOps teams.
• Evaluate new technologies and contribute to open-source where applicable.

Required Skills & Experience

• Networking: Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, load balancing, DNS, SDN (Calico, Cilium, Istio/Linkerd).
• Storage: Hands-on with distributed storage (Ceph, MinIO, Gluster, Rook) and Kubernetes storage orchestration (CSI).
• Kubernetes: 5+ years experience, expert in multi-cluster deployments, operators, controllers, service mesh.
• Cloud & Infra: Strong background in virtualization (KVM, VMware, OpenStack) and bare-metal automation (MAAS, Ironic, PXE, IPMI/Redfish).
• IaC & Automation: Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
• CI/CD: Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD.
• Programming/Scripting: Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash.
• Monitoring/Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, Jaeger.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, high availability, and fault tolerance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing cloud platforms at scale (e.g., internal private cloud, hyperscaler background).
• Contributions to open-source Kubernetes ecosystem (CNCF projects).
• Familiarity with service billing, quota management, and multi-tenancy at scale.
• Exposure to bare-metal cloud orchestration (Metal3, Tinkerbell, Equinix Metal, Ironic).
• Strong leadership and architectural decision-making skills.