Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (Helm, operators, manifests, troubleshooting pods, services, ingress, etc.) Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP also valuable) Deep understanding of networking, load balancing, DNS, and certificates Comfort with Linux, Docker, Git, and modern DevOps workflows Familiarity with monitoring & observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.) Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions Strong debugging and process-of-elimination troubleshooting skills Excellent written and verbal communication