Lead Cloud DevOps Developer

Lead Cloud DevOps Developer

Company:

Boeing India Private Limited

Overview

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.

Technology for today and tomorrow

The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 5500+ engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.

People-driven culture

At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring together different perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected.  No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.

With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.

Find your future with us

The Boeing Company announced a significant investment in its digital future through the signing of long-term cloud agreement with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft.  In addition to creating a single foundation for Boeing's approach to cloud computing these agreements represent a major commitment that will empower Boeing's application development and Services organizations.

Boeing India Engineering & Technology Centre (BIETC) Team is currently looking for an enthusiastic Lead Cloud DevOps Developer to join our Cloud & Developer Platform at Bangalore, India. As a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer at Boeing, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing, building, and operating robust Kubernetes platforms across multiple cloud environments. You will collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available container orchestration solutions that support Boeing’s critical applications. Your expertise in multi-cloud Kubernetes architecture, automation, and cloud-native technologies will drive innovation and operational excellence in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Good communication skills are needed both verbally and written, to Interact with peers and customers. Job requires the ability to work well with others on a team as well as independently. Job requires working within a diverse team of skilled and motivated co-workers to collaborate on results. Other qualities for this candidate are a positive attitude, self-motivated, the ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment, and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.

This role will be based out of Bangalore, India.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure) to support Boeing’s mission-critical applications and services.
• Contribute to architecture and deployment of container orchestration solutions, ensuring seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and cloud-native services.
• Develop and enforce best practices for Kubernetes platform security, including RBAC, secrets management, and compliance with Boeing’s cybersecurity standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including security and cloud operations to optimize platform performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Implement best practices for resource management and cluster tuning.
• Drive automation efforts for cluster provisioning, upgrades, monitoring, and incident response using tools such as Helm, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting solutions to ensure health and performance of Kubernetes environment. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to Kubernetes clusters, containerized applications, and multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and provide technical leadership in Kubernetes platform engineering, cloud-native technologies, and DevOps practices.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance the Kubernetes platform and multi-cloud strategy aligned with Boeing’s innovation goals.
• Ensure compliance with Boeing’s governance, risk management, and regulatory requirements in multi-cloud environments.
• Document platform architecture, operational procedures, and runbooks to support knowledge sharing and operational excellence.
• Work with cross-functional teams spread across multiple products and locations within Boeing and external partners, across different cultures and time-zones

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher is required as a BASIC QUALIFICATION.
• 12+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years focused on Kubernetes platform design, deployment, and operations.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, including cluster provisioning, networking, storage, security, and upgrades.
• Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers such as AWS, and Azure.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and container orchestration tools (Helm, Operators).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Expertise in monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, network policies, and secrets management.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring and leading junior engineers.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with commercial off the shelf tools like OTel (Open Telemetry), ArgoCD, Flux etc
• Certified with Industry recognized relevant Cloud certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or cloud provider certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect)
• Knowledge of aerospace or defense industry standards and compliance requirements.

Typical Education & Experience:

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) 12 to 16 years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Relocation:

• This position does offer relocation within INDIA.

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Not a Shift Worker (India)