Senior Platform Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Platform Engineer / Team Lead to spearhead the design, implementation, and management of our enterprise-grade container platforms. In this hybrid technical and leadership role, you will be the core subject matter expert for our Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes environments. You will drive cloud-native transformation, automate deployment pipelines, and mentor a team of engineers to ensure the high availability, security, and scalability of our infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Mentorship

Lead and mentor a team of platform and DevOps engineers, conducting code reviews and fostering technical growth.

Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues relating to cloud-native infrastructure.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams , including software development, security, and product owners, to align platform capabilities with business goals.

Platform Architecture & Engineering

Design, build, and maintain production-ready Red Hat OpenShift clusters across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Drive GitOps practices and build robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like ArgoCD, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.

Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks utilizing Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/EFK stacks.

Enforce strict security standards , including role-based access control (RBAC), network policies, and container image scanning.

Operations & Optimization

Ensure high availability (99.9% uptime) through proactive capacity planning, disaster recovery testing, and performance tuning.

Manage platform upgrades, patching, and migrations with minimal disruption to business services.

Optimize cloud infrastructure costs through efficient resource allocation and container bin-packing.

Job Requirements Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.

Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in systems engineering or infrastructure management.

At least 3 years of hands-on experience architectural design and administration of Red Hat OpenShift (v4.x) or upstream Kubernetes.

Proven experience leading small to mid-sized engineering teams or acting as a technical lead on major infrastructure projects.

Hard Skills & Technical Proficiencies

Container Orchestration : Deep operational knowledge of OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), OKD, or CoreOS.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, or OpenShift Operators to automate cluster provisioning.

Operating Systems & Networking : Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL/RHCOS), TCP/IP networking, load balancers, and DNS.

Cloud Providers : Experience deploying container solutions on AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-premises VMware environments.

Soft Skills & Competencies

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of resolving critical production incidents.

Excellent communication skills to explain complex technical architectures to non-technical business stakeholders.

A proactive mindset focused on continuous automation and reducing operational toil.

Preferred Certifications (Highly Advantaged)

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration / Architecture

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud professional-level certifications