Platform Engineer – MS1 “Phoenix Platform”

iKrux Engineering; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

iKrux Engineering is seeking a Platform Engineer to own the Phoenix Platform, focusing on scalable Kubernetes/EKS deployments and robust CI/CD pipelines. You will enable developer onboarding, build reusable templates, manage GitOps with Argo CD and Helm, and strengthen security and observability across multi-tenant environments.

This role suits hands-on experts who thrive in complex cloud-native ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Deep experience running, scaling, and debugging apps on Kubernetes/EKS.
• Proven CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions preferred; GitLab CI/Jenkins acceptable).
• Hands-on Argo CD and Helm, including authoring complex parameterized charts.
• Multi-tenant security design: RBAC, ResourceQuotas, NetworkPolicies.
• Identity/ingress: OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, path-based routing, rate limiting, streaming endpoints.
• Observability: building actionable Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager dashboards/alerts.
• Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash, or Go).
• Supply-chain security: blocking vulnerability scans (OWASP, Trivy) in CI.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineer – MS1: On Phoenix Platform, lead developer enablement and onboarding.
• Pipeline Engineering: Build and maintain CI/CD templates (GitHub Actions).
• GitOps & Helm: Manage GitOps via Argo CD and author reusable Helm charts.
• Security & Quality: Integrate SAST/DAST scanning into delivery lifecycle.
• Release Management: Advise on zero-downtime strategies (Blue/Green, Canary).
• Troubleshooting: Support complex EKS issues including ingress and secrets management.

Skills

Kubernetes/EKS

CI/CD pipelines

Argo CD

Helm

RBAC/NetworkPolicy

OAuth2/OIDC/SSO

Observability (Prometheus/Grafana)

Scripting (Python/Bash/Go)

OWASP/Trivy security checks

Tools

Kubernetes

EKS

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Helm

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Platform Engineer – MS1 "Phoenix Platform"

Core Responsibilities

• Developer Enablement: Serve as the primary technical guide for teams onboarding to the platform; create tutorials, runbooks, and lead hands‑on workshops on CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Pipeline Engineering: Build and maintain secure, reusable CI/CD templates (GitHub Actions).
• GitOps & Helm: Manage GitOps via Argo CD and author reusable Helm charts — treated as a product for tenant teams, not just consumed.
• Security & Quality: Integrate SAST/DAST scanning and compliance checks into the delivery lifecycle.
• Release Management: Advise on zero‑downtime strategies (Blue/Green, Canary).
• Troubleshooting: Provide expert support for complex EKS issues — resource limits, ingress routing, secrets management.

Must-Have Skills

• Deep experience running, scaling, and debugging apps on Kubernetes/EKS
• Proven CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions preferred; GitLab CI/Jenkins acceptable)
• Hands‑on Argo CD and Helm, including authoring complex parameterized charts
• Multi‑tenant security design: RBAC, ResourceQuotas, NetworkPolicies
• Identity/ingress: OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, path‑based routing, rate limiting, streaming endpoints
• Observability: building actionable Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager dashboards/alerts
• Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash, or Go)
• Supply‑chain security: blocking vulnerability scans (OWASP, Trivy) in CI

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

• Harbor registries and API gateways (Kong/Nginx)
• Secrets management at scale (IRSA, AWS Secrets Manager, External Secrets)
• DataDog APM / Grafana APM
• SLO understanding and incident‑response judgment
• Self‑service onboarding templates (e.g., Cookiecutter)
• SAFe/PI‑cadence and cross‑geo collaboration experience