Senior Platform Engineer

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of DevOps, GitOps, and CI/CD practices
• Experience designing or operating cloud-native platforms
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and application deployment automation
• Ability to work across platform engineering, application teams, and security teams

Nice to have:

• Experience with Backstage or similar developer portal tools
• Knowledge of Crossplane, Flux, Terraform, or operator-based automation
• Exposure to AWS and hybrid cloud environments
• Experience with policy enforcement tools such as Kyverno or OPA Gatekeeper
• Familiarity with security scanning and software supply chain controls
• Experience with reusable templates and self-service workflows

• Support IDP components, including VPCR / Backstage
• Develop platform services to improve developer experience and standardize deployments
• Collaborate with engineering and SRE teams to deliver reusable platform capabilities
• Define baseline Terraform, Flux, and Crossplane templates for GitOps-driven deployments
• Curate deployment templates for pilot and custom applications
• Publish a self-service catalog for SRE and development teams
• Integrate templates into pipeline automation
• Transition template ownership to relevant application or platform teams
• Implement an Azure AD-based IAM strategy for centralized authentication
• Set up admission control using Kyverno or OPA Gatekeeper
• Integrate vulnerability scanning tools such as Snyk into CI/CD pipelines
• Define code review and gating rules using Gatekeeper policies
• Expand security guardrails for vendor deployments
• Finalize cluster-to-cluster network policies and encryption in transit
• Conduct security reviews and penetration testing
• Establish ongoing security posture and governance
• Align linting and unit test checks with CI/CD pipelines
• Establish coding guidelines for microservices, Helm charts, and Terraform scripts
• Introduce peer review and gating processes for pull requests
• Integrate code scanning tools such as Snyk and SonarQube
• Define quality benchmarks for vendor-provided code and configuration
• Create dashboards or leaderboards to track quality violations and coverage
• Refine policies based on pilot/vendor feedback
• Document and operationalize final code quality standards across teams
• Identify custom components or integrations needed for pilot vendors
• Develop bridging services for hybrid cloud requirements
• Implement custom disaster recovery automation scripts
• Develop data integrity checks
• Perform integration testing with pilot vendor applications
• Finalize custom features for broader vendor onboarding
• Harden custom components for production readiness