You will design, build, and automate enterprise-grade Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions. Responsibilities include developing platform capabilities, implementing CI/CD and GitOps practices, and maintaining platform observability and security.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will design, build, automate, and operate enterprise-grade Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms. You will work closely with development and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native platform capabilities.
This role requires a strong engineering mindset, hands-on development experience, and expertise in platform automation, API integration, CI/CD, and GitOps practices.
Responsibilities
Design, build, administer, and upgrade Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) clusters.
Develop platform capabilities using automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.
Build integrations between platform services and enterprise systems through APIs and automation frameworks.
Design and implement CI/CD and GitOps solutions using tools such as GitHub, Argo CD, and Tekton.
Develop and maintain platform components using Go, Python, or equivalent programming languages.
Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable and resilient cloud-native solutions.
Implement platform observability, monitoring, and troubleshooting practices.
Contribute to platform architecture, security, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
Support microservices-based workloads and distributed systems running on container platforms.
Qualifications
6-10 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Infrastructure.
Strong experience administering Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), including cluster deployment, upgrades, lifecycle management, and automation.
Proficiency in software development with strong object-oriented programming concepts.
Hands-on development experience in Go, Python, or a similar programming language.
Experience with CI/CD and GitOps tools such as GitHub, Argo CD, and Tekton.
Experience designing and integrating APIs with an API-first engineering approach.
Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing platform solutions as an individual contributor.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks.
Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native design principles.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with one or more of the following:
Kubernetes Operators and Custom Controllers
Service Mesh technologies such as Istio
Observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace, or similar tools
Storage technologies such as Ceph and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF)
Secrets management solutions such as HashiCorp Vault
Hybrid cloud and private cloud environments
Platform security, governance, and compliance best practices
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