Software Consultant - DevOps

Role overview

Software Consultant - DevOps at PTC

Application Deployment & Orchestration: Package, deploy, and maintain complex applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).

Responsibilities

• Kubernetes Architecture: Oversee cluster architecture, namespace topology, ingress controllers, service meshes, and stateful/stateless workloads.
• Autoscaling & Observability: Implement workload autoscaling using custom application and infrastructure metrics.
• Cluster Security & Hardening: Enforce container security best practices, perform base image hardening, implement network policies, manage RBAC, and integrate continuous security scanning into deployment pipelines.
• Cloud Infrastructure & Integration: Integrate Kubernetes clusters with native Azure and AWS services (e.g., IAM/Entra ID integration, key vaults, storage, secret management, and cloud networking).
• Required Qualifications & Skills Core Experience 8–10 years of overall IT experience 5+ years of hands-on experience specifically deploying, configuring, and managing enterprise production workloads on Kubernetes.
• Deep operational expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (Primary) and Amazon EKS (Secondary).
• Must-Have Skillset Kubernetes Architecture: Thorough understanding of control plane components, ETCD, Kubelet, CNI plug-ins, CSI drivers, and Kubernetes networking primitives.
• Helm & Helmfile: Proficient in writing modular Helm charts, managing multi-environment releases via Helmfile, and templating complex application stacks.
• KEDA Autoscaling: Direct experience configuring KEDA scaled objects, scalers, and custom metrics (Prometheus, Azure Monitor, Kafka, queues, etc.) for event-driven autoscaling.
• Security & Image Hardening: Deep understanding of container security concepts, including: Container base image hardening and vulnerability scanning.
• Pod Security Standards (PSS) / Admission Controllers (OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno).
• Secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, External Secrets Operator).
• Least-privilege RBAC and node-level isolation.
• Cloud Services Knowledge: Strong grasp of core AWS and Azure services (VNet/VPC, Identity/IAM, Load Balancers, Key Vaults/KMS).
• Life at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world.
• It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you.
• If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are.
• Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?
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• Review our Privacy Policy here." PTC is a global software company powering how products are designed, built, serviced, and operated across industries like Aerospace & Defense, Industrial, Automotive, MedTech, Electronics, and High Tech.
• We are bold thinkers who collaborate as one team to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.
• Grounded in our values-Customers Matter, PTC for All, Team PTC, Purposeful Innovation, and Be Bold, we're shaping a smarter, more sustainable, connected future.

Employment details

• Location: Pune [India]

About the employer

• Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way.

Additional role details

• Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business.
• Our people make all the difference in our success.
• Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.