Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (Kubernetes)

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the deployment, operations, and reliability of enterprise platform services. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, observability platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and production support in large-scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support Kubernetes-based applications and platform services in production environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to pods, deployments, services, ingress, scaling, and platform performance.
• Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, or similar tools.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes across development, testing, and production environments.
• Perform production incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and service reliability improvements.
• Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure platform stability and availability.
• Automate operational tasks using scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools where applicable.
• Contribute to system capacity planning, performance optimization, and operational readiness.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or related roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads.
• Experience with Helm, Kubernetes deployments, services, ingress, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Good experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, or equivalent monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with production support, incident management, and RCA.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Working knowledge of scripting and automation using Python, Shell, or similar tools.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in banking, financial services, or other large-scale enterprise environments.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Knowledge of SRE concepts including SLI, SLO, SLA, and Error Budgets.
• Experience with high-availability systems, observability platforms, and distributed systems.

Employment Type

• Full-time / Contract (as applicable)

Location

• Singapore

Experience

• 5-12 years preferred

This version is concise enough for MCF posting while still attracting the exact profile type that the client has been responding positively to: Kubernetes + SRE + Monitoring + Production Support engineers rather than pure software developers.