Platform Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure on Azure and AWS.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using modern tools to ensure smooth deployment processes.
• Expertise in adopting innovation in the workplace
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to integrate Databricks ensuring it is efficiently managed, optimized, and integrated with our data strategies.
• Manage and automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
• Administer and optimize SQL and NoSQL databases for performance and reliability.
• Develop automation scripts and tools using Python to enhance system efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Monitor and manage Linux servers, ensuring system stability and security.
• Implement and maintain robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively detect and address issues.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices, including PKI management and API security.
• Optimize network configurations and troubleshoot complex networking issues to ensure seamless communication between services.
• Work with InfoSec team and mitigate the vulnerabilities.
• Provide on-call support as needed to maintain system uptime and address critical issues.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to try new practices and spearhead adoption
• Deliver on time with a high bar on quality of research, innovation and engineering.
• Partners closely with Infrastructure, InfoSec teams and software vendors to deploy solutions in Azure Cloud environment.
• Support through Center of Excellence, provide guidance on best practices, mentoring key techniques for performance improvement and optimizations in report development and design to achieve optimal visualizations.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer with hands-on experience in Azure and AWS environments.
• Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) principles, with experience in Terraform.
• Expertise in managing and optimizing both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Databricks and integrating it into data pipelines.
• Proficiency in scripting with Python for automation and system management.
• In-depth knowledge of Linux server administration.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPC, VPN, Load Balancing, DNS, and security groups.
• Experience in implementing monitoring and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of security best practices, including PKI, API security, and compliance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 5+ years in a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or DevOps Engineer role
• Certification in Azure or AWS (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Experience with hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with other cloud-native data services and analytics tools.
• Experience with advanced security frameworks, including Zero Trust architecture.
• Knowledge of PKI management tools and practices.
• Experience in a fast-paced, Agile development environment.

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