Senior Platform Engineer

Job description

Role Summary

We are looking for a visionary and technically adept  Senior Platform Engineer  to join our cloud infrastructure team. This role goes beyond engineering executionit demands strategic thinking architectural advisory and leadership in cloud platform design. You will be instrumental in shaping our cloud strategy by evaluating AWS services for diverse use cases advising on trade-offs and guiding teams through complex design decisions.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assist in designing secure scalable and resilient cloud platforms while also optimizing performance for data-intensive workloads. Your expertise will be critical in designing robust logging and monitoring frameworks that proactively detect and eliminate production issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise  on cloud platform designs using AWS with the ability to articulate pros and cons of different services for specific use cases.
• Lead technical evaluations  for Capex projects recommending AWS services that align with business and technical requirements and the Architectural Review Board recommendations.
• Design and implement  scalable secure and resilient cloud infrastructure using AWS (Azure experience is a plus).
• Optimize performance  of data-intensive workloads by advising on efficient code patterns and resource configurations.
• Manage infrastructure as code  using Terraform Ansible and Kubernetes.
• Build reusable modules  and automation frameworks to support platform scalability and consistency.
• Configure and manage  EMR Serverless for big data processing.
• Implement and maintain  Amazon MWAA (Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow) for orchestration.
• Design and secure  API Gateway endpoints for scalable API management.
• Implement secure access controls encryption standards and compliance frameworks (e.g. HSM Key Vaults).
• Ensure tagging and traceability  of all cloud assets for governance and cost tracking.
• Collaborate with internal security teams  to remediate vulnerabilities and meet compliance targets.
• Ensure high availability and reliability  of cloud infrastructure through resilient design and failover strategies.
• Respond to and resolve  cloud-related incidents and performance issues.
• Design and consult  on logging and monitoring dashboards using tools like Splunk Dynatrace or CloudWatch to proactively detect and eliminate production issues.

Work closely with engineering security and compliance teams  to align with enterprise cloud governance and documentation standards.

Qualifications : Qualifications

Additional Information :

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Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

APIs,C / C++,Computer Graphics,Go,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Library Services,Assembly,GraphQL,High Voltage

Department / Functional Area : Product Development

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1