Platform Engineering Expert

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer Expert to join our Infrastructure Platform Engineering team. This role is intended for a highly skilled engineer who will serve as the technical authority within the team owning complex infrastructure, improving automation, and mentoring other engineers. This is a senior individual contributor role (not managerial) designed for an engineer who brings deep technical knowledge and a passion for mentorship. Around 75% of the work will be hands-on technical execution, with the remainder focused on guiding and enabling other engineers.

The Platform Engineer Expert will design, optimize, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and developer platforms with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and security. The role is hands-on and ideal for someone who thrives on solving deep technical challenges and improving systems at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical reference point for complex platform issues and architecture decisions.
• Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure architectures for reliability and performance.
• Lead major upgrades, migrations, and automation initiatives.
• Own and enhance Infrastructure-as-Code modules (Terraform, Ansible, Helm).
• Implement and enforce secrets management, SSL/TLS, and IAM standards.
• Drive observability and performance improvements across clusters and services.
• Automate platform operations through scripting (Bash, or Go).
• Collaborate with security, architecture, and development teams to align standards.
• Conduct peer reviews and mentor engineers in best practices.
• Support incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and resilience testing.

Essential Job Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles.
• Deep expertise in Linux, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm).
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (compute, networking, storage, IAM).
• Experience in CI/CD pipeline management (GitLab).
• Advanced scripting ability in Bash, plus working knowledge in Go.
• Proven knowledge of secrets management and security best practices (Vault, SSL/TLS, IAM).
• Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK).
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers.

Preferred

• Experience in multi-cloud or hybrid environments.
• Background in cost optimization, scaling, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with SRE principles (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets).

Certifications (Preferred/Advantageous)

• Kubernetes: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• IaC: HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Security: HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate
• Cloud: OCI, AWS, or GCP Professional/Architect certification