Platform Engineer

Job Description Summary

Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the underlying infrastructure and systems that support our software product GridOS Connect, to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of various technology platforms.

Job Description

Job Description Summary:

Platform Engineer - design, build, and deliver a data integration platform on Kubernetes, both on- premises and in the cloud. This platform will be developed as a product to be deployed and maintained by other teams . The successful candidate will focus on platform development, actively participating in service design and architecture, selecting, configuring, and integrating essential components (databases, Kubernetes operators, secret managers, service mesh, monitoring/observability tools, etc.).

• Design and develop the Data Integration Platform on Kubernetes across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Actively participate in service design and architecture, ensuring the platform is scalable, secure, and meets the needs of internal client teams.
• Select, configure, and integrate platform components, including databases, Kubernetes operators, secret management, monitoring/observability, and service mesh tools.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Helm charts to automate and simplify the platform deployment for other teams.
• Ensure the platform is built with considerations for scalability, capacity management, high availability (HA), and backup strategies.
• Implement security measures, including authentication and authorization protocols, PKI, certificate management, and security hardening practices.
• Design the platform's networking architecture, addressing networking protocols, proxies, TLS, and DNS, and integration with API gateways.
• Incorporate monitoring and observability solutions such as Prometheus, ElasticSearch/Loki, Jaeger/Tempo into the platform for use by client teams.
• Implement functional and perform tests using ephemeral clusters.
• Provide documentation to enable other teams to deploy and maintain the platform effectively.

• Desired experience with container orchestration and Kubernetes platform.
• Understanding of networking protocols, API gateways, authentication and authorization protocols, certificate management.
• Desired experience with databases, including scaling and high availability strategies.
• Desired experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g.,Prometheus, ElasticSearch/Loki, Jaeger/Tempo).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Go, or Java.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to learning and development.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.