Platform Engineer

Role Title: Platform Engineer 

Position Summary:

The Platform Engineer collaborates with infrastructure technology (IT) specialists, software engineers, quality engineers, solutions architects, product owners, and other IT staff based on shared goals and agile practices. This role contributes to delivering a highly effective suite of automated platform and infrastructure services that allow product and analytics teams to access capabilities that eliminate (or significantly reduce) the bottlenecks that impede rapid product delivery. Platform Engineers are responsible for developing solutions that developers consume. This is completed through automation, quality assurance, and release engineering.

Please note that this role involves working in shifts.

Operations:

• Completes backlog items daily. These activities include monitoring the backlog, working on backlog items, responding to incident tickets received from the service desk, processing change requests, troubleshooting technical issues, and escalating as needed.
• Provides support for business and technology initiatives that require assistance from automation teams.
• Maintains clear, concise, and accurate documentation for processes and configurations. Ensure documentation is kept current and in the proper shared, accessible location.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation.

Development:

• Leverages automated infrastructure, continuous integration/delivery pipelines, service pipelines, and technology capabilities that drive application development velocity and improve access to infrastructure services.
• Supports efforts to improve all areas of pipeline automation and infrastructure services, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Platform capability.
• Consistently collaborates and works effectively as a team within Automation Services and other groups to accomplish goals & objectives.

Security:

• Understands security standards and ensure that technologies and security policies are implemented to support those standards.
• Communicate any identified gaps to peers and management promptly.
• Stays aware of changes in the  implementation of automation, CI/CD, and Platform areas.

Skill and Experience:

• 1 years of Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions
• Additional Experience Qualifier (optional): 1+ years of modern application development experience with large scale business applications in fast-paced iterative development environment.
• 1+ years of experience in public cloud
• 1+ years designing, developing, and implementing business applications from business concept through to production.
• Core: Continuous Integration Automated Tests, Automated Builds, Artifacting, Environment Standards, Version Control, Secrets Management, Scripting, Data Management, IaC, Code Quality Infrastructure Containers, Cloud Foundation, SaaS Configuration Management, Pipeline, Monitoring Telemetry Solutions Engineering Best Practices, Hybrid Architecture Patterns, Infrastructure Anti Patterns, Experimentation, Non-functional Requirements Solution Delivery Lifecycle Agile Practices, ITIL Foundations, Release Management Promotion Patterns, Knowledge Base, Planning and Analysis, Stakeholder Communication, Compliance Competency Time Management, Collaboration, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Communication, Radical Candor, Problem Solving, Documenting Accountability, Systems Thinking, Security by design principles CIA
• Soft Skills: Ability to stay current on current technologies and learn collaboratively and independently
• Effective at both verbal and written communication based on the intended audience
• Solid Interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Excellent customer service skills, including the ability to take ownership
• Must have a strong work ethic, time management skills, and a positive attitude
• Ability to work independently or on a team
• Ability to coordinate activities with team members and other stakeholders
• Ability to multitask and change priorities with effective results
• Decision-making Requirements Should be capable of deciding when a proposed requested potential change introduces the potential for operational impact, and in such situations, communicates issues to more senior team members for guidance
• Must decide when escalation of an issue is warranted

Must Have Skills:

• Windows Infrastructure Administration
• Application Hosting & Installation
• DevOps, CICD & Automation
• On-Call & Maintenance Support
• Communication & Collaboration

Education and Certifications:

4 Year / bachelor’s degree required.

Work location: Bengaluru