Lead Platform Engineer (Technical Architect)

Core Responsibilities:

• You will drive platform architecture and engineering standards.
• You will build reusable and scalable platform capabilities.
• You will mentor engineers and support technical growth.
• You will collaborate with teams across Hyderabad and the U.S.
• You will champion engineering excellence and best practices.
• You will operate secure and reliable Azure platforms.
• You will support cloud-native applications and services.

Strategic Responsibilities:

• You will enhance CI/CD and GitOps delivery capabilities.
• You will improve platform reliability and observability.
• You will automate infrastructure and operational processes.
• You will create reusable infrastructure-as-code solutions.
• You will enable governed access to AI services and tools.
• You will support agent-based development platforms.
• You will implement AI platform controls and guardrails.

Team & Collaboration:

• You will partner with Data, AI, and application teams.
• You will communicate technical decisions clearly.
• You will align platform services with business needs.
• You will support production operations and incident response.
• You will promote knowledge sharing and collaboration.

What Will Help You Be Successful in This Role?

Experience, Education & Certifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of platform, cloud, DevOps, or software engineering experience.
• Strong experience operating production cloud platforms.
• Expertise with Microsoft Azure services and architecture.
• Experience designing APIs and shared platform services.
• Experience managing highly available production environments.
• Financial services experience preferred.

Technical Skills:

• Microsoft Azure architecture and operations.
• Docker and Kubernetes administration.
• Git-based development and release management.
• CI/CD pipeline design and automation.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent.
• Observability, monitoring, and incident management.
• AI platform engineering, LLMOps, and agent technologies.

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Sound architectural and engineering judgment.
• Strong collaboration across distributed teams.
• Ability to balance risk, governance, and delivery.
• Practical problem-solving mindset.
• Focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Work Shift Timings - 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM IST