Platform Engineer
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build, automate, and manage enterprise-grade application platforms and cloud-native infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expertise in CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and platform automation to enable secure, scalable, and reliable software delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain enterprise platform infrastructure and developer platforms.
- Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate application build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and enterprise container platforms.
- Implement GitOps practices for automated application deployment and infrastructure management.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Manage virtualization and cloud infrastructure environments.
- Monitor platform performance, availability, and reliability while implementing continuous improvements.
- Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Security, and Operations teams to deliver scalable platform solutions.
- Implement platform security, governance, backup, and disaster recovery best practices.
- Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and deployment standards.
Must-Have Skills
- Experience with GitLab OR Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline development and automation.
- Experience with Argo CD for GitOps-based application deployment.
- Experience with SonarQube for code quality and static code analysis.
- Experience with Renovate Bot or comparable dependency management and automation tools.
- Hands-on experience with Docker OR Docker Compose for containerization.
- Experience with Kubernetes OR OpenShift OR Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) OR Google Cloud Run for container orchestration and cloud-native application deployment.
- Experience with Terraform OR Ansible for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management.
- Experience with VMware vCenter OR OpenStack for virtualization and private cloud infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of Linux system administration and shell scripting.
- Understanding of cloud-native architecture, networking, security, and platform engineering best practices.
Good to Have
- Experience with AWS OR Microsoft Azure OR Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience with Helm OR Kustomize.
- Knowledge of Prometheus OR Grafana OR ELK Stack for monitoring and observability.
- Experience with HashiCorp Vault or other secrets management solutions.
- Familiarity with Python OR Go for platform automation.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
- Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 3–12+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Automation.
Preferred Skills
- Experience designing and operating enterprise Kubernetes platforms.
- Strong understanding of GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native engineering principles.
- Experience delivering enterprise DevOps and platform modernization initiatives.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to build secure, scalable, highly available, and automated platform solutions.