Lead Platform Engineer

Leverify; Pakistan; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to spearhead a talented team in a hybrid role. This position requires a strategic thinker with a strong development background, particularly in cloud services like Azure. The ideal candidate will have a customer-centric mindset and be adept at mentoring team members while fostering collaboration across various departments. You will play a crucial role in aligning team efforts with broader business objectives, driving engineering best practices, and implementing scalable CI/CD pipelines. If you are passionate about technology and eager to lead in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in software development and team leadership.
• Strong background in cloud services and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and drive best practices in engineering and DevOps.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet customer needs.

Skills

Team Leadership

Cloud Services (Azure)

CI/CD Pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Problem-Solving

Customer-Centric Mindset

Tools

GitLab

Job description

General Requirements
● Total positions: 1
● 8+ years of relevant experience.
● Position is Full-time and Hybrid ; Remote Pakistan
● Timings: Office timings are 9am-6pm PKT
● Customer interfacing is required; overlap with customer timezone (UK) will be needed.
What are we looking for?
A Lead Platform Engineer, who will be expected to lead a team, drive
best practices, and work closely with engineering leads, DevOps, and security teams of one of
our customers. This role is both technical and strategic.
● Curiosity and Passion to Learn: Demonstrate a strong desire to explore new
technologies and methodologies. Open to unlearning and relearning, essential in a
rapidly evolving tech landscape
● Mentorship and Coaching: Developing team members through knowledge sharing,
training, and constructive feedback.
● Customer-Centric Mindset: Ability to understand and prioritise customer needs,
translating them into actionable requirements for the team.
● Long Term Thinking: Ability to align team efforts with project goals, ensuring that DevOps
practices contribute to broader business objectives.
● Problem-Solving Mindset: Strong analytical ability to proactively troubleshoot issues and
propose innovative solutions to the team lead.
● Collaborative: Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively within cross-functional
teams, fostering a collaborative atmosphere
● Team Lead Experience: Has led teams in customer projects
Technical Requirements

• Very Strong development background.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services (preferably Azure)
• Hands-on DevOps Experience:
  • Creating scalable and secure CI/CD (Gitlab or similar) pipelines
  • Shift-left Security
  • Infrastructure as Code; Terraform
• Experience of architecting production grade solutions on cloud
• Strong soft skills, with experience in leading teams, stakeholder engagement, and driving engineering best practices.

Nice to Have
● Experience with a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), and Policy as Code
expertise (OPA)
● Experience or Familiarity with wiz.io