Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aklip Technologies LLC is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and manage Infrastructure-as-Code solutions. The role involves collaborating with various teams to optimize cloud infrastructure and improve software delivery processes while mentoring junior engineers and promoting best practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Crossplane, Helm Charts, or CloudFormation to provision and manage cloud resources. (Must Have)
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Security, and Infrastructure teams to define platform requirements, priorities, and architecture
- Partner with Development, Operations, and QA teams to streamline software delivery and improve release quality
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure, DevOps platforms, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high availability, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Design and implement zero-downtime deployment and maintenance strategies for Kubernetes clusters and cloud infrastructure
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend modern DevOps tools and engineering best practices
- Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering excellence across teams
- Enable engineering teams by providing reusable platform services, automation, and operational best practices
- Collaborate with Security teams to integrate security controls and DevSecOps best practices into infrastructure and deployment pipelines
- Document technical designs, architecture, operational procedures, and platform standards
- Promote a culture of innovation, collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement across the organization
- Eliminate operational toil by automating manual processes using modern tooling, AI-powered solutions, and agentic workflows
- Participate in a 12-hour on-call rotation to support production systems
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3–10 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or similar role
- Strong experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, Helm Charts, or AWS CloudFormation
- Experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Go, Python, or Bash
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
- Proven experience implementing DevOps best practices and driving automation initiatives
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK, or Datadog
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices, IAM, compliance frameworks, and DevSecOps principles
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Experience supporting cloud-native or SaaS platforms at scale
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, automation frameworks, and agentic workflows is a plus
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