Platform Engineer Jr

Tata Consultancy Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Irvine, CA, is seeking a Platform Engineer Jr to administer and optimize hybrid cloud infra spanning AWS and Azure, and to deploy containerized workloads on Kubernetes and Docker. The role covers data platforms like Databricks and Airflow, IaC with Terraform, and CI/CD tools, plus strong scripting and observability.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, respond to incidents, and contribute to reliability and disaster recovery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on administration and support of hybrid cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
• Experience deploying and troubleshooting containerized workloads on Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Databricks, dbt, Apache Airflow, AutoSys; exposure to LASR and Caspian.
• Proficient with Terraform and CI/CD tools like Harness, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins.
• Scripting to automate tasks using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Shell.
• Experience with cloud-native monitoring and log analysis (Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk).
• Proficiency with ServiceNow and Jira for incident, change, backlog management.
• Understanding IAM/RBAC, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery controls.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and support hybrid cloud infrastructure and data platform services across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot containerized workloads running on Kubernetes and Docker.
• Support platform components including Databricks, dbt, Apache Airflow, AutoSys, LASR, and Caspian, including scheduled jobs, dependencies, and integrations.
• Investigate incidents and service degradation across cloud, network, compute, storage, container, orchestration, and data platform layers.
• Manage incidents, service requests, problems, changes, and engineering backlog items through ServiceNow and Jira in accordance with established SLAs and change controls.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, deployment, health checks, and recurring support activities using scripting, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD practices.
• Monitor platform availability, performance, capacity, job execution, alerts, and logs; improve dashboards and operational visibility.
• Support upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, access controls, backup, disaster recovery readiness, and production release activities.
• Create and maintain runbooks, technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge articles.
• Collaborate with application, data engineering, security, network, DevOps, and service management teams to resolve dependencies and improve platform reliability.
• Participate in on-call or production-support rotation as required by the engagement.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Collaboration

Communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Harness

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Python

PowerShell

Datadog

Splunk

ServiceNow

Jira

IAM/RBAC

Job description

Platform Engineer Jr

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• * Cloud Platforms: Hands-on administration and support experience across AWS and Microsoft Azure, basic knowledge on compute, storage, networking, identity, access, and monitoring.
• * Containers: Practical experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including deployments, services, configuration, logs, health checks, and basic cluster troubleshooting.
• * Data Platforms: Working knowledge of Databricks, dbt, Apache Airflow, AutoSys, and enterprise data platform operations. Exposure to LASR and Caspian is preferred.
• * Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD: Experience with Terraform and CI/CD tools such as Harness, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• * Scripting: Ability to automate operational tasks using Python, Shell, Bash, or PowerShell.
• * Observability: Experience with cloud-native monitoring and log analysis using Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, or similar tools.
• * IT Service Management: Proficiency with ServiceNow and Jira for incident, problem, change, service request, and backlog management.
• * Security and Reliability: Understanding of IAM/RBAC, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, patching, platform resilience, and disaster recovery controls.
• * Professional Skills: Strong troubleshooting, documentation, collaboration, and written and verbal communication skills in an enterprise environment.

Roles & Responsibilities

• * Administer, monitor, and support hybrid cloud infrastructure and data platform services across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• * Deploy, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot containerized workloads running on Kubernetes and Docker.
• * Support platform components including Databricks, dbt, Apache Airflow, AutoSys, LASR, and Caspian, including scheduled jobs, dependencies, and integrations.
• * Investigate incidents and service degradation across cloud, network, compute, storage, container, orchestration, and data platform layers.
• * Manage incidents, service requests, problems, changes, and engineering backlog items through ServiceNow and Jira in accordance with established SLAs and change controls.
• * Automate provisioning, configuration, deployment, health checks, and recurring support activities using scripting, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD practices.
• * Monitor platform availability, performance, capacity, job execution, alerts, and logs; improve dashboards and operational visibility.
• * Support upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, access controls, backup, disaster recovery readiness, and production release activities.
• * Create and maintain runbooks, technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge articles.
• * Collaborate with application, data engineering, security, network, DevOps, and service management teams to resolve dependencies and improve platform reliability.
• * Participate in on-call or production-support rotation as required by the engagement.

Salary Range- $110,000-$150,000 a year

Location

Irvine, CA

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Engineer

ID

434447

Skills

AWS

Salary Range

$110,000 - $150,000