Senior Platform Engineer (OpenShift, Kubernetes & GitOps) - (, , India)

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. Required - 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