Platform Engineer II

Infraspec; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Infraspec in Bengaluru, India seeks an experienced infrastructure engineer to lead feature development across platforms, mentor juniors, and steer cross‑team discussions with clients. You will adapt to evolving project needs while applying Agile and Lean practices and documenting solutions for knowledge sharing.

The role emphasizes hands-on cloud, automation, and observability work across Linux-based infra, with strong emphasis on collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience building or managing large-scale infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Linux, cloud networking and IaC.
• Proficient in CI/CD and related tooling.
• Familiar with GitOps tools (Argo CD/Flux CD).
• Strong observability and distributed systems understanding.
• Ability to mentor and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Add a new feature to existing infrastructure platforms.
• Collaborate across teams and lead technical discussions with clients and internal teams.
• Mentor junior team members through pairing sessions.
• Adapt to different roles and technologies as project needs evolve.
• Maintain proactive client communication and documentation.
• Apply Agile and Lean methodologies to deliver projects.
• Document technical solutions for team reference.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies.

Skills

Leadership

Client communication

Mentoring

Agile/Lean

Adaptability

Infrastructure design

Distributed systems

Observability

Tools

Ansible

Chef

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Argo CD

Flux CD

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Envoy

Kubernetes

Nomad

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Add a new feature to existing infrastructure platforms.
• Collaborate across teams and lead technical discussions with clients and internal teams.
• Mentor junior team members through mob-pairing/1:1 pairing sessions.
• Adapt to different roles and technologies as project needs evolve.
• Proactive mindset with excellent client communication, collaboration, and writing skills.
• Use methodologies like Agile and Lean to manage projects and deliverables.
• Document technical solutions and knowledge for team reference.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.

Requirements:

• Experience with managing large-scale infrastructure systems.
• Experience as a reliability engineer is good.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language.
• Good understanding of software delivery principles.
• Ability to adapt to different roles and technologies when needed

Required Technical Skills:

• You have spent some time building software systems or self-service systems for internal teams.
• You have a good understanding of Linux, software-defined, and cloud networking.
• You have work experience in configuration management and using tools like Ansible and Chef.
• You must have a good understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery concepts, not just tools.
• Experience with tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc. is required.
• It would be a plus if you have worked with GitOps tools like Argo CD or Flux CD.
• You are familiar with the cloud-native ecosystem and tools like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Envoy.
• In-depth understanding of containers and container orchestrators like Nomad, Kubernetes, etc.
• You should deeply understand managing and organizing infrastructure as code and have worked with tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
• You are familiar with at least one primary cloud provider, such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure.
• You understand observability well and can collaborate with dev teams to improve their observability systems.
• You have a good understanding of the principles of distributed systems.
• You understand how SQL and NoSQL databases work and what is needed to manage them.
• You have familiarity with basic cloud security.