Platform Engineer

KSB Company; Pune District; On-site; INR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

KSB Company in Pune is seeking an experienced Lead Platform Engineer to design, implement, and sustain cloud-native infra and CI/CD pipelines for IIoT.

You will lead DevOps practices, mentor engineers, and collaborate with SRE and development teams to optimize performance, security, and cost.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development, DevOps, and cloud infra experience.
• Independent worker with structured, coordinator-capable approach.
• Strong programming in C#, TypeScript, and optionally Python.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD).
• Proficient with CI/CD tools (GitLab).
• Experience with AWS cloud platforms.
• In-depth IaC knowledge (Terraform).
• Knowledge of monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Documentation and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive software development and DevOps practices within agile teams.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Manage containerized apps with Kubernetes.
• Develop automation scripts and tools.
• Contribute to application development tasks.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Collaborate on deployment strategies, monitoring, and observability.
• Ensure security, compliance, and best practices across infra.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for infra and processes.
• Collaborate with developers, SRE, and platform engineering teams.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Mentor team members on DevOps practices.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

GitLab

AWS

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

C#

TypeScript

Python

Job description

About The Role

We're looking for an experienced Lead Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain modern software artifacts, cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines in the context of IIoT. Automating processes and building reliable, scalable systems is your passion, and you thrive in collaborative environments where infrastructure meets development.

Responsibilities

• Technical driver for software development and DevOps practices within agile software development teams
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
• Build and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes
• Develop automation scripts and tools
• Contribute to application development tasks as needed, leveraging your programming expertise
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration management solutions
• Collaborate on technical decisions around deployment strategies, monitoring, and observability
• Ensure security, compliance, and best practices across the infrastructure
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for infrastructure and processes
• Collaborate closely with development teams, SRE, and platform engineering
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Mentor team members on DevOps practices

Profile

• Min. 10 years extensive experience in software developemt, DevOps engineering and cloud infrastructure
• Independent working style and the ability to work through tasks independently in a structured manner, also as coordinator within the team
• Programming skills in C#, TypeScript and optionally Python
• Expertise with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Hands-on experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD)
• Proficient with CI/CD tools (GitLab)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS)
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Flexibility to support development initiatives and cross-functional projects
• Documentation skills and attention to detail
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Structured, proactive, and automation-first mindset