Senior Platform Engineer

Islamabad - Pakistan

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer with hands-on experience in deploying and operating production-grade infrastructure with a strong focus on Kubernetes in on-premise and customer-owned environments. The role involves supporting highly available scalable and fault-tolerant platforms in restricted or air-gapped environments while driving automation CI/CD observability and platform improvements end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

Deploy and operate vanilla Kubernetes on on-premise customer-owned infrastructure
Run Kubernetes in restricted or air-gapped environments including upgrades and dependency management
Manage Helm-based application deployments upgrades and day-2 Kubernetes operations
Design highly available fault-tolerant and scalable platforms for edge or sovereign environments
Implement infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Design and operate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions ArgoCD or Jenkins
Operate monitoring and logging stacks such as Prometheus Grafana and ELK/OpenSearch
Utilize configuration management tools such as Ansible Puppet or Chef
Take ownership of platform operations end-to-end and drive continuous improvements

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps / Platform / SRE roles owning production infrastructure end to end
Strong experience with on-premise Kubernetes including clusters deployed and operated inside customer or third-party data centers
Hands-on experience with Rancher (including Rancher Government Edition preferred) for Kubernetes cluster management and Fleet for multi-cluster GitOps
Experience supporting fully air-gapped Kubernetes environments including strategies for shipping artifacts images and Helm charts into isolated networks
Practical experience with private container registries (e.g. Harbor) and image mirroring for offline environments
Solid understanding of Helm-based deployments upgrades and day-2 Kubernetes operations
Working knowledge of enterprise networking fundamentals including firewalls local DNS network policies and security constraints within customer-owned IT environments
Ability to troubleshoot Kubernetes and application issues caused by network restrictions DNS behavior or firewall rules
Familiarity with tools used in restricted environments such as WireGuard Teleport and Velero for secure access connectivity and backup/restore
Experience operating Kubernetes platforms where external connectivity is limited or completely unavailable including handling upgrades and disaster recovery
Exposure to hybrid scenarios where parts of the stack (e.g. AI components) may connect to cloud services with a clear understanding of separation and risk
Self-driven engineer with a growth and leadership mindset comfortable working in long-running platform enablement engagements and collaborating closely with customers

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Key Responsibilities

Deploy and operate vanilla Kubernetes on on-premise customer-owned infrastructure
Run Kubernetes in restricted or air-gapped environments including upgrades and dependency management
Manage Helm-based application deployments upgrades and day-2 Kubernetes operations
Design highly available fault-tolerant and scalable platforms for edge or sovereign environments
Implement infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Design and operate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions ArgoCD or Jenkins
Operate monitoring and logging stacks such as Prometheus Grafana and ELK/OpenSearch
Utilize configuration management tools such as Ansible Puppet or Chef
Take ownership of platform operations end-to-end and drive continuous improvements

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps / Platform / SRE roles owning production infrastructure end to end
Strong experience with on-premise Kubernetes including clusters deployed and operated inside customer or third-party data centers
Hands-on experience with Rancher (including Rancher Government Edition preferred) for Kubernetes cluster management and Fleet for multi-cluster GitOps
Experience supporting fully air-gapped Kubernetes environments including strategies for shipping artifacts images and Helm charts into isolated networks
Practical experience with private container registries (e.g. Harbor) and image mirroring for offline environments
Solid understanding of Helm-based deployments upgrades and day-2 Kubernetes operations
Working knowledge of enterprise networking fundamentals including firewalls local DNS network policies and security constraints within customer-owned IT environments
Ability to troubleshoot Kubernetes and application issues caused by network restrictions DNS behavior or firewall rules
Familiarity with tools used in restricted environments such as WireGuard Teleport and Velero for secure access connectivity and backup/restore
Experience operating Kubernetes platforms where external connectivity is limited or completely unavailable including handling upgrades and disaster recovery
Exposure to hybrid scenarios where parts of the stack (e.g. AI components) may connect to cloud services with a clear understanding of separation and risk
Self-driven engineer with a growth and leadership mindset comfortable working in long-running platform enablement engagements and collaborating closely with customers

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Key Skills

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

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