Design, build, administer, automate, and upgrade enterprise Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms. Develop platform capabilities with Go, Python, APIs, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and GitOps. Collaborate on scalable cloud-native systems, microservices, observability, security, reliability, and operational excellence. Support distributed workloads and contribute to platform architecture while integrating enterprise systems and maintaining highly available container platforms.
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.
- 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.
- 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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