Platform Engineer

Are you the Kubernetes and Platform Expert that we need ?We're looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join the Consumer Centricity Platform Operations team. In this role, you'll be responsible for the operational stability, security, and reliability of a mission-critical Kubernetes platform powering customer-facing applications and APIs.
This is not a traditional DevOps or SRE position. You'll act as the operational owner of the platform, ensuring all environments (Development, Test, Acceptance, and Production) remain secure, available, and performant while supporting continuous improvements and operational excellence.
If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, working with cloud-native technologies, and maintaining highly available production platforms, we'd love to hear from you.
RoleKubernetes Platform OperationsOperate and maintain a production-grade Kubernetes platform.
Manage platform components including ingress controllers, service discovery, and workload identity.
Troubleshoot cluster issues involving networking, scheduling, DNS, storage, and pod lifecycle.
Execute controlled platform upgrades and maintenance with rollback strategies.
Reliability & Incident ManagementParticipate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for critical platform services.
Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and recovery activities.
Perform Root Cause Analyses (RCA) and implement preventive improvements.
Maintain operational runbooks and documentation.
Observability & MonitoringOperate and improve the platform observability stack.
Monitor metrics, logs, traces, and alerting.
Improve monitoring quality while reducing alert fatigue.
Support production troubleshooting through telemetry analysis.
Platform Change & Release ManagementPlan, execute, and document platform changes.
Ensure changes follow structured change management processes.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders during releases and maintenance windows.
Security & ComplianceManage RBAC, secrets, certificates, and network security controls.
Apply platform patches and security updates.
Support vulnerability remediation and audit activities.
Automation & Platform ImprovementsAutomate operational processes using Infrastructure as Code and GitOps principles.
Standardize platform operations and reduce manual effort.
Contribute to continuous platform improvements.
ProfileKubernetes ExpertiseExtensive production experience operating Kubernetes environments.
Strong knowledge of:Multi-cluster architecturesRBAC and security best practicesNetwork PoliciesStateful workloadsStorage (CSI, PV/PVC)Autoscaling (HPA/VPA)Admission ControllersPerformance tuning and troubleshootingGitOps & CI/CDExperience with:ArgoCDGitOps deployment modelsHarness.io pipelinesHelmKustomizeGit-based release workflowsContainers & Artifact ManagementKnowledge of:DockerHarborJFrog ArtifactorySecure image management and vulnerability scanningSecurityExperience with:HashiCorp VaultSecrets managementTLS & certificate lifecycleSupply chain securityKubernetes security best practicesObservabilityHands-on experience with:OpenTelemetryPrometheus or VictoriaMetricsGrafanaLokiTempoSLI/SLO monitoring conceptsNetworkingStrong understanding of:TCP/IPDNSKubernetes networkingIngressReverse proxiesTLS/mTLSAPI routingNetwork PoliciesAutomationAdvanced Bash scriptingAutomation mindsetInfrastructure as CodeNice to HaveExperience with:Kong API GatewayRedisPostgreSQLMongoDBKargoKubernetes database deployment patterns OfferLong-term Freelance Contract