Senior Platform Engineer - On-Prem & Bare-Metal (Philippines/Malaysia)
Senior Platform Engineer – On-Prem & Bare-Metal #3129 The Mission What does it take to modernize critical infrastructure in the telecommunications industry
? Join a platform engineering engagement focused on replatforming on-premises infrastructure, building highly available and resilient platforms, and improving how engineering teams develop and deploy applications. You’ll work across Kubernetes, bare-metal infrastructure, virtualization, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code
, helping transform complex environments into secure, scalable, and automated platforms. The Role Kubernetes & On-Premises Infrastructure:
Install, deploy, maintain, and upgrade Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and bare-metal environments, supporting containerized and virtualized workloads. Infrastructure as Code & GitOps: Build and manage declarative infrastructure and deployment workflows using
Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Argo CD, or Flux , improving consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency. Platform Engineering & Automation:
Design and evolve reusable platform capabilities, automate infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines, and provide tools and environments that improve developer experience. Reliability, Security & Operations: Maintain highly available and resilient platforms through monitoring, alerting, incident response, post-incident reviews, and security-first engineering practices, including participation in an on-call rotation.
Networking & Observability: Support Linux systems, container networking, load balancing, and distributed infrastructure, with exposure to technologies such as BGP, Cilium/eBPF, Istio, Linkerd, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to improve platform architecture, troubleshoot complex production issues, mentor junior engineers, and drive operational excellence. The "Must-Haves"
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes installation, deployment, cluster lifecycle management, and upgrades in on-premises or bare-metal environments.
Proven expertise in GitOps (Argo CD or Flux) alongside
Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Helm. Solid Linux systems administration
experience supporting production, containerized, and virtualized workloads. Experience with platform automation, CI/CD, production troubleshooting, and maintaining secure, highly available infrastructure. Based within
2–3 hours of AEST , such as the Philippines, Vietnam, or Malaysia. The "Bonus" Skills
Experience with bare-metal infrastructure, Rancher RKE2, KubeVirt, or Kubernetes Gateway APIs. Knowledge of distributed systems, high availability, fault tolerance, and advanced networking , including BGP, Cilium/eBPF, and service mesh.
Experience in telecommunications, ISP, or service-provider environments. Programming skills in Go or Python
for custom automation and infrastructure tooling. Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, or Jaeger
for monitoring, logging, and tracing. Personal Traits Platform Engineer at Heart:
Passionate about building scalable, resilient platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver efficiently. Hands-On Problem Solver:
Enjoys working across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and infrastructure to solve complex technical challenges. Automation-Minded: Focused on reducing manual processes, improving workflows, and embracing declarative infrastructure.
Reliability-Focused: Prioritizes security, availability, observability, and operational excellence in production environments. Strong Communicator:
Comfortable collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders, providing guidance, and mentoring others. Independent & Collaborative: Takes ownership, works autonomously, and thrives in a fast-paced environment while supporting the wider team.