Platform Engineer

Looking for a hands-on Platform Engineer with strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), Kubernetes/OpenShift and Cloud Infrastructure. Candidate must be capable of independently managing container platforms, infrastructure automation, platform operations, troubleshooting and cloud environments. Experience with Microsoft Azure, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and Linux administration is preferred. Candidate should be able to support both BAU operations and project delivery with minimal supervision while driving platform modernization and automation initiatives.
• Minimum >5 years hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, System Administration or Cloud Infrastructure.
• Strong experience managing Linux-based infrastructure and enterprise platform environments.
• Hands-on experience in:
o Infrastructure provisioning and automation.
o Platform administration and troubleshooting.
o System performance monitoring and optimization.
o Incident management and root cause analysis.
o Server hardening, patching and vulnerability remediation.
o High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) implementation.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
• Strong hands-on experience with:
o Terraform
o Ansible
o Git / GitOps practices
• Experience automating infrastructure deployment and configuration management.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Exposure to scripting using PowerShell, Bash or Python.
Kubernetes & Container Platform Skills
• Strong experience administering:
o Kubernetes
o OpenShift (preferred)
o Docker / Container platforms
• Hands-on experience in:
o Container deployment and lifecycle management.
o Cluster administration and troubleshooting.
o Ingress, Load Balancer and Service Mesh concepts.
o Monitoring and logging for container platforms.
o Security hardening and platform patching.
o Platform capacity and performance management.
Cloud Skills
• Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Knowledge of:
o Azure Virtual Machines
o Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
o Azure Storage
o Azure Networking
o Azure Monitoring and Log Analytics
• Understanding of cloud architecture, security and operational best practices.