Lead - Platform Engineering

As a Lead Platform Engineer, you will act as an SME for Linux systems, deploying, configuring, and maintaining Ubuntu-based environments globally. Responsibilities include developing automation scripts, implementing security compliance, troubleshooting performance, and providing expert support for on-prem, colocation, and AWS cloud infrastructure. You will design hybrid solutions, automate provisioning with tools like Ansible and Terraform, manage Hyper-V clusters, and support enterprise DNS. The role involves participating in high-severity incidents, liaising with vendors, and mentoring junior team members.

Must Have

• Act as an SME for Linux-based systems.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux-based systems (Ubuntu) across global datacenter environments.
• Develop and maintain scripts (Bash, Python) for system administration, monitoring, and operational tasks.
• Implement and manage patching, hardening, and security compliance for Linux systems.
• Troubleshoot performance issues and optimize Linux environments for scalability and reliability.
• Provide expert-level support to deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade Infrastructure in on-prem and colocation datacenter spaces, as well as cloud services such as AWS.
• Design and implement hybrid solutions that integrate on-premises environments with AWS cloud services for scalability and resilience.
• Automate provisioning and configuration of resources using tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
• Provide support for Cisco UCS, and traditional Dell and HP servers.
• Configure, monitor, maintain, and upgrade multiple large Hyper-V clusters.
• Provide support for large-scale enterprise DNS.
• Participate in high-severity incidents, take ownership, and lead charge in troubleshooting, resolution, and root cause analysis.
• Familiarize with Jira workflow, ticketing procedures, and implementations.
• Liaise with vendors/business units to build and document infrastructure environments.
• Provide expert advice, critically examine infrastructure and processes, and introduce/follow best practices to meet or exceed high availability, reliability, security, and industry compliance.
• Foster team collaboration, regularly and generously share knowledge, and participate in mentoring/upskilling junior team members.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux administration (Ubuntu preferred).
• Expert-level knowledge of core systems concepts such as DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Operating system, Virtualization, SSL Certificates/PKI.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch) and hybrid cloud integration.
• Proficiency in automation tools such as Ansible for configuration management.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages for automation and operational efficiency.
• Expert-level knowledge of and extensive experience in Virtualization technologies, such as Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Experience in backup technologies, including, but not limited to Veeam, Commvault, and Cohesity.

Description

Job Responsibilities

• Act as an SME (Subject Matter Expert) for Linux-based systems
• Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux-based systems (primarily Ubuntu) across global datacenter environments
• Develop and maintain scripts (Bash, Python, or similar) for system administration, monitoring, and operational tasks
• Implement and manage patching, hardening, and security compliance for Linux systems
• Troubleshoot performance issues and optimize Linux environments for scalability and reliability
• Provide expert-level support to deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade Infrastructure in on-prem and colocation datacenter spaces, as well as cloud services such as AWS
• Design and implement hybrid solutions that integrate on-premises environments with AWS cloud services for scalability and resilience
• Automate provisioning and configuration of resources using tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Provide support for Cisco UCS, and traditional Dell and HP servers
• Configure, monitor, maintain, and upgrade multiple large Hyper-V clusters
• Provide support for large-scale enterprise DNS
• Participate in high-severity incidents, take ownership, and lead charge in troubleshooting, resolution, and root cause analysis
• Familiarize with Jira workflow, ticketing procedures, and implementations
• Liaise with vendors/business units to build and document infrastructure environments
• Provide expert advice, critically examine infrastructure and processes, and introduce/follow best practices to meet or exceed high availability, reliability, security, and industry compliance
• Foster team collaboration, regularly and generously share knowledge, and participate in mentoring/upskilling junior team members
• Participate in on-call rotations

Required Skills / Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux administration (Ubuntu preferred)
• Familiarity with Linux networking, system performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• Experience with package management, kernel updates, and system hardening
• Expert-level knowledge of core systems concepts such as DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Operating system, Virtualization, SSL Certificates/PKI
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch) and hybrid cloud integration
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools for AWS (CloudFormation, Terraform)
• Proficiency in automation tools such as Ansible for configuration management
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages for automation and operational efficiency
• Experience working on large enterprise infrastructure footprint and multi-forest AD environment
• Windows Technologies such as IIS, DFS, DHCP, Windows-based DNS, Certificate authority, File shares
• Expert-level knowledge of and extensive experience in Virtualization technologies, such as Microsoft Hyper-V
• Knowledge of and experience working with datacenter storage from various providers, including Dell, Pure, and HPE
• Experience with storage concepts such as fibre-channel zoning, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, and Block-configuration
• Experience in backup technologies, including, but not limited to Veeam, Commvault, and Cohesity
• Experience working in large geographically dispersed multiple Datacenter Infrastructure and Operations
• Knowledge on orchestration, compute, storage, and networking concepts
• Knowledge of Jira, Scrum, Sprint, and Kanban concepts