Senior Platform Engineer

IG Infotech; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IG Infotech is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in Bengaluru, India, to design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructures. The role includes building CI/CD pipelines and managing Kubernetes environments, while mentoring junior engineers and fostering collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure, along with a solid grasp of microservices architecture and monitoring solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• 2+ years with IaC tools and experience with orchestration and automation platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines with strong knowledge of security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment.
• Architect and manage Kubernetes environments.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure engineering

Terraform or Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes administration

Monitoring and observability

Microservices architecture

Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Jenkins

GitLab

Docker

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer

IG is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof.

What you’ll do

• Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and leading cloud technology evaluation and standardisation initiatives
• Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, establishing DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation
• Architect and manage Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and implement platform engineering tools to deliver self‑service capabilities via an IDP (e.g. Backstage)
• Define and enforce monitoring, alerting, and observability standards to ensure infrastructure reliability and performance
• Foster collaboration between development and operations teams, bridging gaps to drive a unified engineering culture
• Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge across the team, and write and maintain documentation to support continuous learning and engineering best practices

Key Qualifications

• 7+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands‑on experience designing and administering complex platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including deep knowledge of networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns
• 2+ years with IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible) and hands‑on experience with orchestration and automation platforms (AWX, Ansible Tower, Terragrunt), scripting in Python, Bash, or Go
• 2+ years designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or equivalent, with strong knowledge of security best practices including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance
• 2+ years of Kubernetes administration across on‑premises and cloud environments (EKS preferred, AKS, GKE), with proficiency in networking, RBAC, pod security, service mesh (Istio), and Docker image management
• Experience implementing developer portals (Backstage), artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus), API gateways, and self‑service platform engineering tools to support internal teams
• Hands‑on experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana), including defining alerting standards and ensuring infrastructure reliability at scale
• Strong grasp of microservices architecture, cloud networking protocols (Layer2/3, MPLS), DNS, load balancing, and traffic management, with the ability to contribute to and implement technical direction
• Proficiency across version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) with the ability to operate autonomously and contribute to engineering standards across teams

We believe that diversity is vital to success, fuels creativity, drives innovation and supports global growth. We encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.