Platform Engineer

Advantage 360; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Velocix seeks a Platform Engineer to optimize a large-scale video delivery platform. You will tune resources, manage compute, storage and networks, and ensure high availability across cloud and virtualization layers.

You will deploy and maintain Ceph and Cassandra clusters, automate tasks with Python/Ansible, and collaborate with engineering teams to meet performance targets. Experience with AWS, OpenStack, KVM, VMware, Docker and Kubernetes is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with servers, storage, networking, IOPS, OS/kernel, VM and cloud architecture.
• Strong experience tuning platforms for performance and resource efficiency.
• Experience with Ceph and Cassandra, Python and Ansible.
• Knowledge of Linux networking and kernel stacks; AWS, virtualization (OpenStack, KVM, VMware); Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, tune and maintain server, storage, network and virtualization infra for video delivery.
• Profile and tune platform and SOA apps to meet performance and scalability targets.
• Fine-tune Linux network/kernel parameters for high throughput and low latency.
• Deploy, manage distributed storage and DB clusters (Ceph, Cassandra).
• Automate provisioning and operations with Python and Ansible.
• Deploy workloads across AWS and virtualized envs (OpenStack, KVM, VMware).
• Enhance resilience via capacity planning and fault-injection testing.
• Set up monitoring/observability and participate in incident response.
• Collaborate with Dev/QA/Prod to define NF requirements and document runbooks.

Skills

Ceph

Cassandra

Python

Ansible

Linux kernel

AWS

OpenStack

KVM

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Linux

Job description

Job Summary

Velocix provides foundational Video technology, carrier grade Video Products and services to operators and Service providers ,which connect people from all around the globe, providing, personal video experience for each user. This is mirrored in the approach we take creating those foundations – our approach is innovative, reliable and above all fun. we are looking for a Platform Engineer to work as part of our Engineering team. In this role you will focus on the performance, tuning and resilience of our large-scale, distributed video delivery platform – getting the most out of the underlying server, storage, network, OS/kernel, virtualisation and cloud infrastructure to ensure the reliable, high-performance delivery of content to end-users worldwide.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Related field
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in working on various technologies as server, storage, network, IOPS, OS, Kernel, VM and cloud architecture.
• Strong experience in tuning the platform to effectively utilize the system resources thereby improving the application’s performance.
• Strong knowledge in fine tuning the network & kernel parameters for high performance.
• Experience on Ceph and Cassandra.
• Strong experience in Python, Ansible development.
• Good knowledge in network and kernel stack in Linux based systems.
• Strong experience on AWS cloud, Virtualization, open stack, Linux KVM, VMware.
• Strong experience on containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent Communication Skills, ability to explain complex technical concepts to others clearly.
• Candidate should have good listening skills and ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional Team

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, build, tune and maintain the server, storage, network and virtualisation infrastructure that underpins the video delivery platform, ensuring optimal utilisation of system resources (CPU, memory, IOPS, network).
• Profile and performance-tune the platform and its SOA applications – identifying and eliminating bottlenecks across the OS, kernel, network and storage layers to meet carrier-grade performance and scalability targets.
• Fine-tune network and kernel parameters on Linux based systems to achieve high throughput and low latency for large-scale content delivery.
• Deploy, configure, operate and troubleshoot distributed storage and database clusters (Ceph and Cassandra), ensuring data durability, availability and performance at scale.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, deployment and routine operational tasks using Python and Ansible to improve repeatability, reliability and speed of delivery.
• Deploy and manage workloads across public cloud (AWS) and virtualised environments (OpenStack, Linux KVM, VMware), including the migration of applications onto cloud architectures.
• Improve the resilience and high availability of the platform through capacity planning, fault-tolerance design and fault-injection / chaos testing.
• Set up and maintain monitoring, alerting and observability, and take part in incident response and root-cause analysis to keep production systems healthy.
• Collaborate with Development, QA and Product teams to define and validate non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, reliability), and document infrastructure architecture, tuning guidelines and operational runbooks.
• Analysing and Fixing Platform related field issues

AI Usage in Platform Engineering

• Practical experience using AI tools in day-to-day platform engineering activities.
• Ability to improve engineering efficiency using AI-assisted: Infrastructure automation and scripting (Python, Ansible)
• Debugging and root-cause analysis
• Performance tuning and optimization
• Log analysis and troubleshooting
• Documentation and runbook generation

We build the technology that powers what's next in video entertainment, and connect people with the content they love to watch. Velocix is the world’s leading provider of carrier-grade video streaming and advertising technology and we are Making Video Personal, on every connected screen. Our technology is used to engage, entertain, and inform millions of people around the globe, every single day.