Platform Engineer

• 7+ Yrs of experience

• Proven experience in developing and maintaining comprehensive observability platforms, leveraging analytical skills to derive insights from metrics, logs, and traces using technologies such as Splunk or ELK stack, Grafana, Prometheus, and Alertmanager.

• Demonstrated ability to architect, implement, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines, with hands-on experience using Jenkins or similar automation servers to facilitate rapid, reliable, and automated software delivery across diverse environments.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identify root causes, and implement effective, long-term solutions, including active participation in on-call rotations and post-incident analysis.

• Proficiency in Linux Shell Scripting, Python, and Go for advanced platform automation, tooling development, and infrastructure management.

• Proven track record of designing and implementing highly reliable, scalable, and secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform.

• Expertise in cloud architecture principles

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively with distributed teams of software engineers, quality engineers, and other SREs to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and drive the implementation of critical platform features

• Familiarity with distributed data persistence technologies such as Cassandra, MongoDB, Couchbase, or cloud-native storage solutions like AWS S3, and their integration into a Kubernetes ecosystem

• Experience in building and optimizing platforms that support the deployment and operation of diverse application runtimes, including Java, within containerized environments

• Deep understanding of core networking protocols (DNS, TCP, HTTP/HTTPS) and their implications for designing high-performance, secure, and scalable cloud-native platforms