Senior Platform Engineer - On-Prem & Bare-Metal (Philippines/Malaysia)

X-Team; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

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.

Skills

Kubernetes installation & lifecycle

GitOps (Argo CD/Flux)

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)

Linux system administration

Platform automation & CI/CD

On-premises/bare-metal

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Argo CD

Flux

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

The Mission

What does it take to modernize critical infrastructure in the telecommunications industry? Join a platform engineering engagement focused on replatforming on-premises infrastructure, building highly available and resilient platforms, and improving how engineering teams develop and deploy applications.

You'll work across Kubernetes, bare-metal infrastructure, virtualization, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code, helping transform complex environments into secure, scalable, and automated platforms.

The Role

• Kubernetes & On-Premises Infrastructure: Install, deploy, maintain, and upgrade Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and bare-metal environments, supporting containerized and virtualized workloads.
• Infrastructure as Code & GitOps: Build and manage declarative infrastructure and deployment workflows using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Argo CD, or Flux, improving consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Platform Engineering & Automation: Design and evolve reusable platform capabilities, automate infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines, and provide tools and environments that improve developer experience.
• Reliability, Security & Operations: Maintain highly available and resilient platforms through monitoring, alerting, incident response, post-incident reviews, and security-first engineering practices, including participation in an on-call rotation.
• Networking & Observability: Support Linux systems, container networking, load balancing, and distributed infrastructure, with exposure to technologies such as BGP, Cilium/eBPF, Istio, Linkerd, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to improve platform architecture, troubleshoot complex production issues, mentor junior engineers, and drive operational excellence.

The "Must-Haves"

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes installation, deployment, cluster lifecycle management, and upgrades in on-premises or bare-metal environments.
• Proven expertise in GitOps (Argo CD or Flux) alongside Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Helm.
• Solid Linux systems administration experience supporting production, containerized, and virtualized workloads.
• Experience with platform automation, CI/CD, production troubleshooting, and maintaining secure, highly available infrastructure.
• Based within 2-3 hours of AEST, such as the Philippines, Vietnam, or Malaysia.

The "Bonus" Skills

• Experience with bare-metal infrastructure, Rancher RKE2, KubeVirt, or Kubernetes Gateway APIs.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, high availability, fault tolerance, and advanced networking, including BGP, Cilium/eBPF, and service mesh.
• Experience in telecommunications, ISP, or service-provider environments.
• Programming skills in Go or Python for custom automation and infrastructure tooling.
• Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, or Jaeger for monitoring, logging, and tracing.
• Platform Engineer at Heart: Passionate about building scalable, resilient platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver efficiently.
• Hands-On Problem Solver: Enjoys working across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and infrastructure to solve complex technical challenges.
• Automation-Minded: Focused on reducing manual processes, improving workflows, and embracing declarative infrastructure.
• Reliability-Focused: Prioritizes security, availability, observability, and operational excellence in production environments.
• Strong Communicator: Comfortable collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders, providing guidance, and mentoring others.
• Independent & Collaborative: Takes ownership, works autonomously, and thrives in a fast-paced environment while supporting the wider team.