Platform Engineering Senior Engineer

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider throughout India and many other countries in the world. The below client is a global company with shared ideals and a deep sense of family. From our earliest days as a pioneer of modern transportation, we have sought to make the world a better place one that benefits lives, communities and the planet

Job Title: Platform Engineering Senior Engineer

Location: Chennai

Work Type: Hybrid (4 Days work From Office)

Position Description:

• OpenShift Virtualization Engineer / Cloud Platform Engineer (OpenShift Virtualization)

Job Summary:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced OpenShift Virtualization Engineer to join our dynamic Globally positioned, on premises cloud platform team.
• In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and ongoing management of our OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) service.
• You will ensure the stability, performance, and security of our virtualized workloads, leveraging your expertise in Kubernetes, OpenShift, and virtualization technologies.
• This position requires a strong understanding of day-2 operations, proactive monitoring, and a commitment to operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Observability, Monitoring, logging and Troubleshooting
• Implement and maintain comprehensive end to end observability solutions (monitoring, logging, tracing) for the OSV environment, including integration with tools like Dynatrace and Prometheus/Grafana
• Explore and implement Event Driven Architecture (EDA) for enhanced real time monitoring and response.
• Develop capabilities to flag and report abnormalities and identify "blind spots" in
• Perform deep dive Root Cause Analysis (RCA), potentially utilizing available tooling, to quickly identify and resolve issues across the global compute environment
• Find the needle in a haystack/unhealthy bits in the compute universe (Globally) for faster time to resolution
• Monitor VM health, resource usage, and performance metrics proactively
• Monitor for unusual activity that might indicate a compromise or misconfiguration Solution Design & Consulting
• Provide technical consulting and expertise to application teams requiring OSV solutions
• Design, implement, and validate custom or dedicated OSV clusters and VM solutions for critical applications with unique or complex requirements (e.g., specialized appliances) Knowledge Management
• Create, maintain, and update comprehensive internal documentation and customer facing content on the client's docs site to facilitate self service and clearly articulate platform capabilities

Skills Required:

• Linux, Python, Dynatrace, Ability to communicate and work with cross-functional teams and all levels of management , Ansible, deployment, Storage Capacity Management, redhat, Azure, VMware, GitHub, AWS, DevOps, Communications,
• TERRAFORM, services, Problem Solving, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD, Network Protocols & Standards, Scripting, GCP, Technical Troubleshoot, Tekton, Openshift

Experience Required:

• Senior Engineer Exp: Proficient In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.; guides.
• 10+ years in IT; 8+ years in development

Experience Preferred:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands of experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 2+ years focused on Kubernetes and/or OpenShift.
• Proven experience with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts (Pods, Deployments, Services, Storage Classes, Operators, Custom Resources).
• Experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation.
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace) and logging solutions.
• Solid understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies (e.g., KVM, VMware)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple layers of the stack.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization or other relevant certifications.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Terraform, or OpenShift GitOps.
• Familiarity with software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined storage (SDS) solutions.
• Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

Education Preferred:

• Master's Degree

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.