Platform Engineer

**About Position:** This is a Lead DevOps / Platform Engineer (610 years) role responsible for designing and leading CI/CD platforms, AWS cloud infrastructure, and monitoring solutions. The role focuses on automation, GitOps (Argo CD), Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and system reliability on AWS, while also mentoring teams and driving DevOps standards across development, QA, security, and operations for secure and scalable software delivery. * **Role: Platform Engineer** * **Location: Pune** * **Experience: 6 to 12 Years** * **Job Type: Full Time Employment** **What You'll Do:** * CI/CD \& Automation * Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and TeamCity * Automate build, test, and deployment workflows * Optimize pipelines for speed, reliability, and security * Define branching and release strategies * Ensure quality gates including automated tests and code quality checks * GitOps \& Deployment * Implement GitOps\-based deployments using Argo CD * Manage application lifecycle across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production * Maintain Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, or Kustomize * Ensure rollback, versioning, and governance standards * Cloud Infrastructure (AWS) * Design and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation) * Work with EC2, EKS/ECS, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch * Ensure scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization * Enforce security best practices * Monitoring, Observability \& Reliability * Implement monitoring using Prometheus and Zabbix and their infra configuration. * Define SLIs, SLOs, metrics, and alerts * Lead incident resolution and post\-incident review * Build dashboards and capacity planning reports * Participate in on\-call rotations * Collaboration \& Leadership * Work closely with developers, QA, architects, and leadership * Define standards, documentation, and runbooks * Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives **Expertise You'll Bring:** * 6 to 10 years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering * AWS Solution Arch certification is must Preferred DevOps certifications is a plus * Strong experience with Remove GitLab GitHub, Argo CD, Jenkins * CI/CD tools: Remove GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, TeamCity * AWS Cloud services * Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus and Zabbix * Linux system administration * Kubernetes and container platforms * Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation, Ansible ) * Networking fundamentals * Ready to learn and support new technologies in the devops space **Benefits:** * Competitive salary and benefits package * Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company\-sponsored higher education and certifications * Opportunity to work with cutting\-edge technologies * Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards * Annual health check\-ups * Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents **Values\-Driven, People\-Centric \& Inclusive Work Environment:** Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds. * We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles. * Our office is accessibility\-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities. * If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment **Let's unleash your full potential at Persistent \- persistent.com/careers** ***"Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind."***