Platform Engineer - Tech Lead

Area(s) of responsibility

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Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company’s consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group’s 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.

Role: Platform Engineer
Location: Bangalore, Pune
Experience: 6-9 years
Shift: US

Job Description: Web Engineering Platform Engineer role will be responsible for IT experience in designing, implementing, and supporting complex infrastructures for Public and Hybrid-Cloud-driven digital transformations.
Responsibilities:
•    Extensive hands-on experience in the administration and supporting the Kubernetes platforms like (Red Hat Openshift, ARO, AKS, EKS, etc).
•    Hands-on experience with Red Hat/Istio Service Mesh.
•    Extensive hands-on experience with containerization of various stacks of applications on heterogeneous platforms using Docker and Podman.
•    Prior automation experience in writing Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
•    Proficient in multiple DevSecOps (Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps Artifactory, etc.) tools, and techniques and hands-on experience in infrastructure automation and configuration management.
•    Extensive hands-on experience with Azure services
•    Strong knowledge of Application servers (JBoss, JWS) and Web servers (Apache, Nginx) and prior work experience in configuration and performance tuning of the Java and .NET applications is required.
•    Prior work experience of Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, and Kiali is preferred.
•    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, frequently collaborating with multiple teams for solutions support debugging, and troubleshooting.
•    Certification in CKA and Azure Administration is preferred.
Tools & Technical Knowledge:
•    Should have good knowledge in Kubernetes platforms like (Red Hat, Openshift, ARO, AKS, EKS, etc
•    Red Hat/Istio Service Mesh
•    Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps Artifactory
•    Azure services
•    Application servers (JBoss, JWS)
•    Web servers (Apache, Nginx)
•    Good experience in Docker and Podman
•    Good knowledge and experience in Terraform, Ansible, and Python
Additional Requirements:
•    Associate should be able to support and work during US Business Hours.
•    Associate must follow US Business Holiday schedule.