Sr. Platform Engineer I

Position Summary:

The Platform Engineer will be a key member of the S&E (Solutions and Enablement) team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and platform services. This role focuses on enabling reliable, scalable, and secure platform operations while supporting oncall rotations and ensuring system availability across global operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS, including compute, networking, storage, and security components.
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters (EKS) for containerized workloads, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, following best practices for modularity, security, and reusability.
• Configure and manage Istio service mesh for traffic management, security policies, and observability.
• Implement and maintain GitOps workflows for continuous deployment and infrastructure management.
• Support release engineering processes including CI/CD pipeline development, deployment automation, and release coordination.
• Manage secrets and sensitive configuration using HashiCorp Vault, ensuring compliance with security policies.
• Participate in oncall rotation to provide 24x7 support for critical platform services.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable customer onboarding on the Fabric platform, including EA (Enterprise Archive) tenants.
• Document runbooks, architecture decisions, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Strong proficiency with AWS services including EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Experience with Istio or similar service mesh technologies.
• Working knowledge of GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
• Experience with CI/CD tools including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a distributed, global team environment.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to participate in oncall rotations and respond to incidents.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or equivalent).
• Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Knowledge of incident management and RCA processes.
• Experience with multi-region or multi-account AWS architectures.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to enterprise environments.