Platform Engineering LeadLicious • Bengaluru, Republic Of India, IN

Platform Engineering Lead

Licious • Bengaluru, Republic Of India, IN

6 days ago

Job description

DevOps 3 – Lead DevOps

Overview

We are seeking a DevOps 3 – Lead DevOps Engineer / Infrastructure Architect to own and scale our cloud-native infrastructure, with a deep focus on Kubernetes, platform reliability, and automation. This role requires strong architectural thinking, hands-on technical depth, and the ability to lead DevOps initiatives across multiple engineering teams. You will drive infrastructure design, build platform-level capabilities, and ensure our environments are secure, observable, cost-efficient, and highly scalable.

This role sits at the intersection of DevOps, SRE, cloud architecture, and platform engineering , and requires expert-level hands-on execution.

What You’ll Do

Kubernetes Architecture & Platform Ownership

Architect, design, and operate large-scale Kubernetes clusters (EKS / GKE / AKS) for microservices and data workloads.
Define cluster topology, autoscaling strategies (HPA / VPA / Karpenter), node groups, and networking models.
Build and maintain service mesh frameworks (Istio / Linkerd), ingress controllers, and API gateways.
Develop internal platform tooling for deployments, traffic management, rollback, and cluster governance.
Own cluster security : pod security standards, network policies, admission controllers, RBAC.

Infrastructure Architecture & Automation

Design end-to-end cloud infrastructure architectures ensuring security, reliability, and cost optimization.

Implement and enforce Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform / Pulumi at org-wide scale.

Define patterns for multi-account architecture, VPC design, load balancing, secret management, and zero-trust networking.

Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives and implement FinOps practices.

CI / CD Platform & Deployment Engineering

Architect highly reliable CI / CD workflows with GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins / ArgoCD.

Build automated release pipelines for microservices, operators, and stateful workloads.

Set standards for blue / green, canary, shadow deploy, and progressive rollouts.

Build reusable deployment templates and developer self-service mechanisms.

Reliability, Observability & Operations

Own organization-wide monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, New Relic).

Define SLOs / SLIs, reliability targets, and implement automated remediation workflows.

Lead incident response for high-severity issues and drive long-term fixes through RCAs.

Build platform-wide health dashboards, cluster insights, cost dashboards, and performance metrics.

Security & Compliance

Implement Kubernetes and cloud-native security best practices : IAM hardening, OPA / Gatekeeper policies, secret lifecycle, container scanning, and runtime security.

Automate compliance validations and enforce organization-wide DevSecOps policies.

Partner with security teams for penetration tests, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Mentor engineers and guide teams on DevOps, Kubernetes, and cloud architecture.

Lead technical design reviews, platform roadmap discussions, and cross-team initiatives.

Influence engineering decisions by providing architectural recommendations and operational insights.

What You’ll Bring

Core Technical Strengths

6–12 years of DevOps / SRE / Platform experience with deep Kubernetes expertise.

Hands-on experience designing, operating, and scaling production-grade Kubernetes clusters.

Expert-level understanding of :

Kubernetes internals (scheduler, controller manager, CRDs, operators)

Container runtime fundamentals

Cluster networking (CNI, service mesh, ingress, DNS)

Security (PSPs, policies, certificate mgmt)

Strong cloud architecture experience (AWS / GCP / Azure), especially :

VPC design, interconnects, NAT, security groups

Load balancing, autoscaling, resilience patterns

Monitoring stack setup and automation

Automation & Tooling

Strong proficiency in IaC (Terraform, Pulumi) and GitOps (ArgoCD / FluxCD).

Programming / scripting proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash.

Experience building internal dev platforms, tools, and automation frameworks.

Soft Skills

Ability to drive architecture discussions and make high-impact technical decisions.

Leadership mindset with strong ownership and ability to influence without authority.

Strong communication and stakeholder management across engineering, security, and product teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with multi-cluster, multi-region, or hybrid-cloud Kubernetes setups.

Prior work with distributed systems, high-scale environments, or data platforms.

Exposure to eBPF, Cilium, or advanced CNI plugins.

Certifications such as CKA / CKAD / CKS or AWS Solutions Architect.

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