Job Description : Technical Lead – Platform Engineering
Location : Bangalore
Experience : 5+ Years
About the Role
Platform Engineering is a strategic function focused on building frictionless, secure, scalable, and automated enterprise cloud platforms. As the Technical Lead – Platform Engineering , you will design, build, and enable platform services that power subscription / resource provisioning, networking, security, observability, enterprise integrations, data platforms, and AI / ML environments. You will ensure all platform components are reusable, automated, and developer-friendly.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Engineering
- Lead the design and implementation of cloud platform self-service and developer-enablement components.
- Support architects in evolving platform architecture including orchestration layers, landing zones, and service fabric models.
- Own the technical roadmap for Platform Engineering MVPs and scale-up phases.
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), GitOps, and policy-as-code adoption across teams.
- Enable developer self-service capabilities using Cortex, APIs, and curated templates.
Platform Integration & Enablement
Collaborate with AIS, Data & AI teams to ensure platform capabilities support integration pipelines, observability, and security.Support onboarding and integration of shared services such as APIM, WAF, Kafka, OTEL, and ML model hosting platforms.Work with engineering, security, and operations teams to define platform requirements and best practices.Observability, Security & Compliance
Implement and maintain observability stacks—monitoring (Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana), logging (ELK), alerting frameworks.Embed industry-standard security practices (SOC 2, GDPR) into platform components.Drive identity management and security automation (Azure EntraID, AWS IAM, vulnerability scanning).Enable shift-left InfoSec and ensure alignment with required control frameworks.DevOps, Automation & Reliability
Mentor SREs across multi-cloud environments (Azure / AWS).Drive automation in CI / CD pipelines, change management, incident response, and compliance reporting.Troubleshoot complex production issues and lead root-cause analysis.Participate in build-vs-buy decisions and lead PoC / PoT initiatives with vendors.Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of hands-on experience with Azure and / or AWS platforms.Strong expertise in Kubernetes , Helm, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible.Experience with CI / CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).Hands-on exposure to Backstage , Cortex, Operator SDK, GitOps tools (ArgoCD / Flux).Good understanding of observability tools : Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, OTEL.Proficiency in programming / scripting : Golang , Python , and Bash.Experience working with AI / ML platforms (Azure ML, SageMaker, MLflow, Kubeflow).Solid background in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform automation, and SRE practices.Ability to translate business requirements into scalable platform capabilities.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.Familiarity with FinOps, cost optimization, and sustainability dashboards.Ability to lead through influence and drive change across complex environments.Preferred Certifications
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or AWS Solutions Architect – ProfessionalCKA / CKAD (Kubernetes Administrator / Developer)HashiCorp Certified Terraform AssociateCISSP (optional but good to have)