Platform Engineer
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About the Role
A premier enterprise technology provider seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to drive deployment, automation, and operational lifecycle of Kubernetes and OpenShift environments. The role involves IaC, troubleshooting, and mentoring.
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Responsibilities
- Own the deployment, configuration, upgrading, and maintenance of high scale Kubernetes and OpenShift environments
- Develop and maintain robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to provision and scale enterprise cluster platforms
- Resolve complex platform, networking (CNI), storage allocation, and application orchestration bottlenecks in production
- Harden multi tenant platform environments to align with rigorous security baselines and operational runbooks
- Provide technical direction and guidance to junior team members while collaborating with DevOps teams to streamline the developer experience
Requirements
- 4+ years of direct, hands on experience administering, upgrading, and operating production grade Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters at scale
- At least 1–2 years working in a senior engineering capacity within a large infrastructure or platform engineering division
- Deep understanding of Linux systems administration, enterprise storage integrations, and scripting languages (Bash, Python)
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The Opportunity
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to drive the deployment, automation, and operational lifecycle of a Kubernetes and enterprise grade container platform.
What You Will Do
- Own the deployment, configuration, upgrading, and maintenance of high scale Kubernetes and OpenShift environments.
- Develop and maintain robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to provision and scale enterprise cluster platforms.
- Dive deep into resolving complex platform, networking (CNI), storage allocation, and application orchestration bottlenecks in production.
- Harden multi tenant platform environments to align with rigorous security baselines and operational runbooks.
- Provide technical direction and guidance to junior team members while collaborating with DevOps teams to streamline the developer experience.
What We Are Looking For
- 4+ Years of Direct, hands on experience administering, upgrading, and operating production grade Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters at scale.
- At least 1–2 years working in a senior engineering capacity within a large infrastructure or platform engineering division.
- Deep understanding of Linux systems administration, enterprise storage integrations, and scripting languages (Bash, Python).
Bonus if you have
- Familiarity with cloud native service mesh architectures (e.g., Istio).
- Prior experience supporting AI/ML workloads on containerized platforms or managing OpenStack private cloud abstractions.
- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CKA, CKAD, Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift).
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