Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud & Kubernetes

Key Responsibilities

• Design deploy and manage Microsoft Azure infrastructure and AKS Kubernetes platforms
• Implement and maintain Disaster Recovery backup restore and business continuity solutions
• Build infrastructure automation using Terraform Helm Azure Dev Ops and CI CD pipelines
• Manage Kubernetes networking ingress storage name spaces resource limits security and platform configurations
• Implement observability solutions using Prometheus Grafana Loki and related monitoring technologies
• Manage TLS certificates secrets access controls RBAC and platform security mechanisms
• Establish cloud and Kubernetes governance covering resource organisation naming tagging security policies and operational standards
• Define Infrastructure-as-Code and CI CD governance including reusable Terraform modules state management code reviews approval gates environment promotion and artifact management
• Participate in architecture and technical design reviews for platforms applications integrations and infrastructure changes
• Drive security and compliance readiness through vulnerability remediation access reviews security baselines audit controls and policy enforcement
• Define and monitor platform availability SLIs SLOs capacity performance and operational health
• Lead incident and problem management including root-cause analysis corrective actions and prevention of recurring issues
• Perform capacity planning performance optimisation and cloud cost optimisation
• Fin Ops activities Own DR testing RTO RPO validation backup and recovery standards and periodic recovery exercises
• Plan and execute platform migrations infrastructure upgrades and cloud transformation initiatives
• Evaluate emerging platform technologies conduct POCs and establish approved patterns for production adoption
• Maintain technical documentation including HLDs LLDs architecture diagrams SOPs runbooks troubleshooting guides and DR procedures
• Provide technical leadership mentoring and knowledge sharing across platform engineering teams

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops, SRE, or related roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes , particularly AKS.
• Strong experience with Docker, Helm, Terraform, and Azure Dev Ops / CI/CD.
• Good understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, and Azure Firewall.
• Experience implementing observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki , or similar platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, Bash scripting, Git, and Git Ops practices .
• Proven experience with Disaster Recovery, backup/restore, RTO/RPO planning, and recovery testing.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes security, governance, RBAC, policy enforcement, and Azure Policy.
• Experience establishing reusable Infrastructure-as-Code patterns and platform engineering standards.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD governance, release controls, environment promotion, and source-control standards.
• Experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, or Azure SQL.
• Strong knowledge of incident management, problem management, RCA, capacity planning, performance optimisation, and cloud cost management.
• Experience working in security‑control