About Persistent
We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what's next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor's mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.
About Position
We are looking for a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Tools Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the deployment, administration, and optimization of modern observability and monitoring platforms on Kubernetes. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable monitoring, logging, tracing, and telemetry solutions using industry-leading open-source technologies such as Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Open Telemetry, NetObserv, Vector.dev, and Blackbox Exporter. This role is critical in ensuring platform reliability, operational excellence, and end-to-end observability across cloud-native environments.
- Role: Site Reliability Engineer
- Location: Pune, Nagpur, Goa
- Experience: 4 to 7 years
- Job Type: Full-Time Employment
What You'll Do
- Deploy, configure, and administer observability and monitoring tools on Kubernetes platforms.
- Design and implement scalable monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Thanos, and Grafana.
- Build and maintain centralized logging solutions using Loki and Vector.dev.
- Implement distributed tracing capabilities using Tempo and OpenTelemetry.
- Configure and manage Blackbox Exporter for synthetic monitoring and service availability checks.
- Deploy and support NetObserv for network observability and traffic analysis.
- Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and alerting frameworks to improve platform reliability.
- Create dashboards, reports, and visualizations to provide actionable operational insights.
- Automate platform deployment, upgrades, scaling, and maintenance activities.
- Troubleshoot performance, monitoring, logging, and telemetry-related issues in Kubernetes environments.
- Collaborate with DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Operations, and Development teams to enhance system reliability and observability.
- Establish best practices for observability, monitoring, capacity planning, and incident response.
Expertise You'll Bring
- Strong experience in Kubernetes administration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on expertise with Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, NetObserv, Vector.dev, and Blackbox Exporter.
- Deep understanding of observability pillars: Monitoring, Logging, Tracing, and Telemetry.
- Experience deploying and managing cloud-native applications and infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of container technologies, Kubernetes networking, and service mesh concepts.
- Proficiency in Kubernetes package management and deployment tools such as Helm and Operators.
- Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using Python, Bash, or Go.
- Understanding of SRE principles, incident management, alerting strategies, and reliability engineering practices.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to work across cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment
Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.
- We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
- Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
- If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
Let's unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers
Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.
SRE,Kubernetes
