Senior Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & IaC Champion (APAC)

X-Team

Philippines

On-site

PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

13 hours ago

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Job summary

X-Team is seeking a Platform Engineer to modernize on-prem infrastructure for telecommunications, delivering scalable, secure, and resilient platforms. You'll work across Kubernetes, bare-metal, virtualization, and cloud-like automation to improve operator efficiency.

You will implement declarative IaC and GitOps using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Argo CD or Flux, design reusable platform capabilities, automate CI/CD pipelines, and mentor engineers while supporting on-call reliability.

Qualifications

Hands-on Kubernetes installation, deployment, lifecycle management, and upgrades.
Proven GitOps experience with Argo CD or Flux.
Strong Linux administration for production workloads.
Experience with platform automation, CI/CD, and troubleshooting.
Based within 2–3 hours of AEST, Philippines region preferred.

Responsibilities

Install, deploy, and upgrade Kubernetes clusters on-premises and bare-metal.
Build and manage declarative IaC and GitOps workflows using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Argo CD or Flux.
Design reusable platform capabilities and automate provisioning and CI/CD pipelines.
Maintain highly available platforms with monitoring, incident response and on-call rotation.
Collaborate with development teams to improve platform architecture and reliability.
Mentor junior engineers and drive operational excellence.