Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps / Platform Engineering Lead to drive the strategy, architecture, and evolution of our cloud-native platform.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the organization's Platform Engineering strategy.
• Establish self-service infrastructure capabilities.
• Create reusable platform templates, golden paths, and engineering standards.
• Improve developer productivity through automation and platform tooling.
• Drive engineering excellence through standardization and governance.
• Design and operate enterprise-scale AWS environments.
• Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives.
• Define infrastructure standards and cloud operating models.
• EKS
• ECS
• EC2
• EBS
• EFS
• IAM
• KMS
• Secrets Manager
• Route53
• VPC
• SNS
• SQS
• EventBridge
• CloudWatch
• X-Ray
• Lead Kubernetes platform architecture and operations.
• Define multi-cluster deployment strategies.
• Establish workload governance and cluster security policies.
• Design scalable and resilient container platforms.
• Implement zero-downtime deployment practices.
• Optimize platform cost and performance.
• Kubernetes (EKS and self-managed)

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of application performance and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and scalable application design.
• Java 17+
• Spring Boot
• Maven / Gradle
• REST APIs
• gRPC
• Event-Driven Architectures
• Engage credibly with software engineering teams.
• Review application architectures.
• Troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues.
• Understand JVM performance considerations.
• Design platforms optimized for Java-based workloads.
• Drive cloud-native modernization initiatives.
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• DynamoDB
• Kafka / MSK
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• Microservices architectures
• Event-driven architectures
• Serverless architectures
• Multi-region deployments
• High-availability systems
• Distributed systems
• Resilience engineering
• Circuit breaker patterns
• Retry strategies
• Disaster recovery planning

Nice to have

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Terraform Associate
• Enterprise governance frameworks
• Regulated industry environments
• Large-scale SaaS platforms
• FinOps and cloud cost management
• Establish a clear platform engineering roadmap.
• Standardize infrastructure provisioning and deployment practices.
• Expand GitOps adoption across engineering teams.
• Improve deployment frequency and reliability.
• Increase platform observability and operational maturity.
• Reduce cloud costs through architecture and optimization initiatives.
• Strengthen security and compliance posture.
• Deliver self-service platform capabilities that improve developer productivity.
• Build a culture of engineering excellence, automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• Equivalent industry experience will also be considered.
• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering, or related disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience designing and operating AWS environments at scale.
• 5+ years of production Kubernetes experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Java software development experience.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
• Proven experience building and operating mission-critical production platforms.