Cloud Platform Architect

Job Description

Company: Multicoreware Website: Visit Website 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.