Principal Platform Engineer (OpenShift)

Careers InitiateFirst; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Careers InitiateFirst in Hyderabad seeks a senior Platform Engineer to drive scalable enterprise infrastructure. You will own OpenShift and Kubernetes environments, optimize performance, and shape platform architecture across on-prem and cloud.

The role requires 12+ years in platform or cloud engineering, strong scripting in Python or Bash, and deep knowledge of NUMA, storage, networking, and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Platform/Infrastructure/Cloud engineering or related field.
• Hands-on OpenShift and Kubernetes experience required with strong orchestration knowledge.
• Expertise in Linux, networking, storage, and enterprise infrastructure.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Cloud Engineering

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Linux

Networking

Storage

Performance engineering

NUMA

DPU/SmartNIC

Observability

Prometheus

Grafana

Python

Bash

Ansible

Terraform

Automation

Enterprise infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

RRequirements:

• Experience: 12+ Years

• 12+ years in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Cloud Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration, Kubernetes internals, and OpenShift architecture.
• Expertise in Linux, networking, storage, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience with performance engineering, benchmarking, capacity planning, and scalability testing.
• Deep understanding of NUMA architecture and workload optimization.
• Knowledge of DPU/SmartNIC technologies.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and enterprise observability platforms.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform.
• Experience with highly available, mission-critical enterprise platforms

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field