DevOps Platform Engineer
Key Responsibilities
Own and operate the full infrastructure lifecycle for a production-grade, cloud-native platform operating under strict security and compliance requirements.
Design and provision cloud infrastructure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, support production operations and continuously improve reliability, scalability and security.
Operate and evolve managed Kubernetes clusters (node pools, autoscaling, upgrades, maintenance windows, Pod Disruption Budgets).
Maintain setting-specific Kubernetes manifests using Kustomize.
Implement and enforce cloud-native workload identity (no credential-based auth in manifests).
Responsible for cloud networking: virtual networks, subnets, security groups, private endpoints, DNS, and peering.
Design, own, and evolve GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for backend, authentication, and frontend services.
Maintain branch and workplace promotion strategies with enforced gates.
Manage container image publishing and promotion through enterprise registries.




Enforce container scanning and quality gates — no bypasses in protected branches.
Own release workflows, manual promotion mechanisms, and artifact versioning.
Maintain local development simulation environments that accurately mirror production configuration.

Required Qualifications
Core Platform Engineering: 5+ years in DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure engineering roles.
Deep experience with Kubernetes in production settings.
Strong cloud expertise (Azure primary; AWS secondary).
Advanced containerization and registry management experience.
Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, ARM, or Bicep.
Git-based operational discipline — production systems are defined in code.
CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions workflow design and maintenance.
Artifact and container scanning, promotion, and release management.
Static analysis and quality gate enforcement.
Secure automation practices for regulated enviro

📌 Devops Platform Engineer Hyderabad
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