Senior Platform Engineer

Ideagen; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideagen is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Sustenance Platform team in Hyderabad. You will own significant infra initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape platform strategy, reliability, security, and automation.

Work from office in Hyderabad with modern tech like AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, and Go. You will influence architecture and drive best practices in AI-assisted software development.

Qualifications

• Strong background in platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, or cloud infra.
• Expertise in AWS services, networking, IAM, compute, storage, and cloud architecture.
• Hands-on with container platforms (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes) and IaC.
• Solid CI/CD, GitOps, deployment automation, and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure.
• Lead delivery of complex platform initiatives from concept to production.
• Build and enhance Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Python

Go

Incident management

Mentoring engineers

Communication skills

Tools

ECS

EKS

Docker

Terraform

Job description

About Us

Location- Hyderabad

Level - Team Lead / Professional

Department - Product R&D

Working Pattern - Work from Office

Benefits -Benefits at Ideagen

Salary - To be discussed at next stage

At Ideagen, we're building the shared platforms that power a global portfolio of products. We're looking for aSenior Platform Engineer to join our Sustenance Platform team and help build, scale, and operate the cloud infrastructure that powers our products. This is an opportunity to work on complex platform engineering challenges using modern technologies such asAWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, and Go, while playing a key role in shaping platform strategy, reliability, security, and automation. As a senior member of the team, you'll take ownership of significant infrastructure initiatives from design through delivery, influence architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help drive best practices in AI-assisted software development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure.
• Lead the delivery of complex platform engineering initiatives from concept to production.
• Build and enhance Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
• Contribute to platform architecture, technical design, and engineering standards.
• Support production systems through incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and promote engineering excellence across the team.
• Drive automation and reduce operational toil through tooling and process improvements.
• Participate in on-call rotations and improve service reliability and observability.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly and effectively, validating outputs and ensuring high-quality delivery.

Skills and Experience

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.
• Deep expertise in AWS services, networking, IAM, compute, storage, and cloud architecture.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Hands-on experience with container platforms such as ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, and deployment automation.
• Knowledge of security best practices including secrets management, least-privilege access, encryption, and vulnerability management.
• Experience designing highly available and resilient cloud-native solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident management skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and conducting technical reviews.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Azure and multi-cloud environments.
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation.
• Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, or similar.
• Exposure to Python or Go development.
• Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering practices and automation.

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

To ensure a flexible and inclusive process, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments by contacting us at [e-mail]. All matters will be treated with strict confidence.

At Ideagen, we value the importance of work-life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible or part-time working arrangements. If this is something you are interested in, please let us know during the application process.

Enhance your career and make the world a safer place!

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