Senior Software Devops Platform Engineer

Akaasa Infotech Noida; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Akaasa Infotech in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Software Platform Engineer to own cloud infrastructure, developer platform, Kubernetes workloads, and CI/CD ecosystem. You will build scalable cloud-native platforms on AWS EKS, modernize ADO and GitHub Actions, and implement IaC with Terraform or Pulumi.

The role emphasizes creating reusable pipelines, developer self-service, platform security, observability, and defining SLOs/SLIs across the engineering org.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and container platforms.
• Experience with Terraform or Pulumi.
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Experience with GitOps tools and deployment methodologies.
• Good understanding of IAM, secrets management, platform security, and cloud governance.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, SLOs/SLIs, reliability, scalability, and incident management.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong troubleshooting across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• B.E./B.Tech/M.Tech or equivalent technical degree.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and maintain cloud-native platforms on AWS using Kubernetes/EKS.
• Manage AWS EKS clusters, Docker containers, deployments, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Pulumi.
• Modernize and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitHub Actions.
• Implement GitOps-based deployment and release processes.
• Create reusable pipelines, workflows, templates, and automation for developer self-service.
• Build and enhance Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and developer portals.
• Establish and maintain golden paths for application development and deployment.
• Improve platform security, IAM, secrets management, governance, and compliance.
• Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting for observability.
• Define and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and reliability standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, and infrastructure.
• Develop automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strengthen disaster recovery, high availability, backup, and business continuity practices.
• Drive operational excellence, platform standardization, automation, and engineering productivity.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand their needs and provide scalable platform solutions.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Pulumi

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitOps

IAM & Secrets

Observability

SRE Principles

Python

Bash/PowerShell

Cloud Governance

Incident Management

Education

BE/B.Tech/M.Tech or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

Job description

Role : Senior Software Platform Engineer

Experience: 4+ Years
Duration: 6 months contract

Location: Bangalore (Hybrid)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Software Platform Engineer to take hands-on ownership of our cloud infrastructure, developer platform, Kubernetes workloads, and CI/CD ecosystem.

The role focuses on building and scaling cloud-native platforms on AWS EKS, modernizing Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitHub Actions, implementing Terraform/Pulumi-based Infrastructure as Code, and creating reusable developer self-service and golden paths.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable building infrastructure, developing CI/CD workflows, troubleshooting Kubernetes deployments, improving platform security and observability, and defining SLOs and reliability standards across the engineering organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and maintain cloud-native platforms on AWS using Kubernetes/EKS.
• Manage AWS EKS clusters, Docker containers, deployments, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Pulumi.
• Modernize and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitHub Actions.
• Implement GitOps-based deployment and release processes.
• Create reusable pipelines, workflows, templates, and automation to enable developer self-service.
• Build and enhance Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and developer portals.
• Establish and maintain golden paths for application development and deployment.
• Improve platform security, IAM, secrets management, governance, and compliance.
• Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting to strengthen platform observability.
• Define and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and reliability standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, and infrastructure.
• Develop automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strengthen disaster recovery, high availability, backup, and business continuity practices.
• Drive operational excellence, platform standardization, automation, and engineering productivity.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand their needs and provide scalable platform solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and container platforms.
• Experience with Terraform or Pulumi.
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Experience with GitOps tools and deployment methodologies.
• Good understanding of IAM, secrets management, platform security, and cloud governance.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, SLOs/SLIs, reliability, scalability, and incident management.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• B.E./B.Tech/M.Tech or equivalent technical degree.