Platform Engineer

NationsBenefits India; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

NationsBenefits India is seeking a Platform Engineer to advance our engineering platform, enabling scale, speed, and security across our enterprise. The role emphasizes software development—building developer-facing tools, frameworks, and automations that accelerate delivery.

You will work with .Net/Java ecosystems, AKS, Azure Cloud, and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps to improve build/release processes and empower developers across the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role with automation, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) supporting web-scale applications.
• Strong software engineering background with experience in one or more core tech stacks and integrating these technologies into platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain internal tools, frameworks, and APIs that improve developer experience and productivity at scale.
• Build automation for CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, ensuring consistency, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with application teams to simplify deployment, testing, and monitoring.

Skills

Automation

Infrastructure

CI/CD Practices

Problem solving

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Azure Cloud

Terraform

Job description

Work Model: 4 Days Work From Office, 1 Day Work From Home.

Description: As a Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in evolving our engineering platform to support scale, speed, and security across our enterprise. Unlike traditional operationsfocused roles, this position emphasizes software development skills: designing and building developer-facing tools, frameworks, and automations that accelerate delivery. You will leverage your experience with .Net/Java ecosystems, Kubernetes (AKS), Azure Cloud, and CI/CD tools like GitHub or Azure DevOps and collaborate with Development, DevOps, Developer Enablement, and Change Management teams to enhance our build and release processes while empowering developers across the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain internal tools, frameworks, and APIs that improve developer experience, reduce cognitive load, and productivity at scale.
• Build automation for CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, ensuring consistency, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with application development teams to understand their workflows and create solutions that simplify deployment, testing, and monitoring.
• Contribute to the design and development of infrastructure-as-code solutions for
• Champion software engineering best practices: code reviews, automated testing, version control, and observability.
• Partner with DevOps and development engineers to bridge gaps between infrastructure and application development while evangelizing best practices.
• Mentor team members from operational backgrounds in software engineering practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or in a similar role, with expertise in automation, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) supporting web-scale applications.
• Strong software engineering background with experience in one or more of our core
• Experience in .Net or Java ecosystems and in integrating these technologies into
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, Bicep, or similar).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally with both developers and operations teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in highly regulated environments.
• Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes beyond AKS (e.g., Helm).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., DataDog, Prometheus,