Senior Technical Lead

HCLTech
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📍 Hyderabad, India

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Job Summary

Skill / Category Mandatory / Non-Mandatory Evaluation Focus Rationale
GCP Cloud Platform Engineering & Operations Mandatory Design, deployment and operation of secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure, networking, IAM and platform services Core platform hosting environment for the Vault ecosystem.
Kubernetes (GKE) Platform Administration & Engineering Mandatory Cluster management, scaling, upgrades, networking, ingress, troubleshooting and production support Critical technology underpinning cloud-native workloads.
Cloud Infrastructure Automation (Terraform) & Infrastructure as Code Mandatory Automated provisioning, configuration management, platform consistency and lifecycle management Essential for scalable and repeatable platform operations.
CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation Mandatory Automated build, deployment, testing and release management pipelines Supports efficient and reliable delivery of platform changes.
Cloud Networking, Identity & Security Engineering Mandatory VPC design, connectivity, IAM, secrets management, platform security controls and secure operations Ensures cloud services remain secure and compliant.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Service Ownership Mandatory Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Service Ownership
SLI/SLO Management & Reliability Optimization
Observability Engineering (Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry)
Incident, Problem & Operational Readiness Management
Cloud Platform Troubleshooting & Production Support
Engineering Coaching & SRE Adoption		 Core expectation of the role.
Platform Resilience, Capacity Planning & Disaster Recovery Mandatory Service recovery, resilience testing, capacity management and business continuity planning Required to support highly available services.
Istio Service Mesh & Service Communication Architecture Mandatory Traffic management, service-to-service communication, security policies and observability Key component of modern cloud-native architecture.
Kafka Integration Platform Operations Mandatory Understanding of Kafka platform operations, integrations, event-driven architectures and reliability considerations Supports critical platform connectivity and event processing.
Cloud Database Platforms (AlloyDB/PostgreSQL) Mandatory Database operations, availability, backup, performance and platform integration support Important for managing dependent cloud-native services.
Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement Mandatory Building reusable platform capabilities, self-service tooling and engineering standards Enables scalable platform adoption and operational maturity.
Cross-Functional Engineering & Supplier Collaboration Mandatory Working with engineering, product, SRE and supplier teams to deliver and support services Necessary to ensure successful platform outcomes.

 

Key Responsibilities

Skill / Category Mandatory / Non-Mandatory Evaluation Focus Rationale
GCP Cloud Platform Engineering & Operations Mandatory Design, deployment and operation of secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure, networking, IAM and platform services Core platform hosting environment for the Vault ecosystem.
Kubernetes (GKE) Platform Administration & Engineering Mandatory Cluster management, scaling, upgrades, networking, ingress, troubleshooting and production support Critical technology underpinning cloud-native workloads.
Cloud Infrastructure Automation (Terraform) & Infrastructure as Code Mandatory Automated provisioning, configuration management, platform consistency and lifecycle management Essential for scalable and repeatable platform operations.
CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation Mandatory Automated build, deployment, testing and release management pipelines Supports efficient and reliable delivery of platform changes.
Cloud Networking, Identity & Security Engineering Mandatory VPC design, connectivity, IAM, secrets management, platform security controls and secure operations Ensures cloud services remain secure and compliant.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Service Ownership Mandatory Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Service Ownership
SLI/SLO Management & Reliability Optimization
Observability Engineering (Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry)
Incident, Problem & Operational Readiness Management
Cloud Platform Troubleshooting & Production Support
Engineering Coaching & SRE Adoption		 Core expectation of the role.
Platform Resilience, Capacity Planning & Disaster Recovery Mandatory Service recovery, resilience testing, capacity management and business continuity planning Required to support highly available services.
Istio Service Mesh & Service Communication Architecture Mandatory Traffic management, service-to-service communication, security policies and observability Key component of modern cloud-native architecture.
Kafka Integration Platform Operations Mandatory Understanding of Kafka platform operations, integrations, event-driven architectures and reliability considerations Supports critical platform connectivity and event processing.
Cloud Database Platforms (AlloyDB/PostgreSQL) Mandatory Database operations, availability, backup, performance and platform integration support Important for managing dependent cloud-native services.
Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement Mandatory Building reusable platform capabilities, self-service tooling and engineering standards Enables scalable platform adoption and operational maturity.
Cross-Functional Engineering & Supplier Collaboration Mandatory Working with engineering, product, SRE and supplier teams to deliver and support services Necessary to ensure successful platform outcomes.

 

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