Platform Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Platform & Infrastructure role at Optiva. Hyderabad · full-time.
Pay not stated Platform Engineer salary
devopsroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Provision and look after Kubernetes clusters across development, staging and production, including upgrades and routine upkeep
- Create application-team environments and namespaces, configuring their networking, ingress, secrets and storage
- Keep shared databases, queues, caches and other platform services running through monitoring, capacity checks and backup verification
- Investigate platform incidents, join the on-call rotation and make changes based on root-cause findings
- Automate recurring operations and strengthen monitoring, alerts, runbooks and infrastructure-as-code repositories
What you bring
- Five to ten years of experience focused on running Kubernetes platforms
- Production Kubernetes operations experience, backed by Linux and container fundamentals and hands-on troubleshooting
- Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, deployments, scaling and persistent storage
- Experience operating at least some listed databases, message queues or caching systems
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Helm, plus monitoring and logging systems
Who this fits
This role suits a mid-level platform engineer who likes production troubleshooting, reliability work and automating operational tasks. You’ll work with senior platform engineers and application teams, and participate in an on-call rotation.
From the employer
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Job Summary
About the Role :
We are looking for a Platform Engineer with 5 to 10 years of experience focused on the reliable operation of our Kubernetes-based platform. In this role, you will be responsible for day-to-day platform operations, environment provisioning, and maintaining platform services that support our customers and engineering teams.You will work closely with senior platform engineers and application teams to ensure that our infrastructure and platform services remain stable, secure, and scalable. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy operational problem solving, troubleshooting production systems, and improving reliability through automation.We value engineers who take a customer-focused and result-oriented approach understanding that the platform exists to serve customers, development teams and ultimately deliver value to end users. Our goal is to build a platform that enables teams to move faster while maintaining high reliability and operational excellence.
What You Will DoPlatform Operations :
Provision and maintain Kubernetes environments for development, staging, and production
Perform day-2 operations for platform services (databases, message queues, caching systems)
Manage cluster upgrades, patching, and routine maintenance
Monitor platform health and respond to alerts
Environment Provisioning
Set up new environments and namespaces for application teams
Configure networking, ingress, secrets, and storage
Maintain environment consistency across clusters
Platform Service Operations
Operate and maintain shared platform services such as:
PostgreSQL / MySQL
Redis
Kafka / RabbitMQ
Object storage
CI/CD infrastructure
Responsibilities include:
Provisioning new instances
Monitoring and capacity management
Backup verification
Incident troubleshooting
Reliability & Incident Response
Investigate and resolve platform incidents
Participate in on-call rotation
Perform root cause analysis and implement improvements
Automation & Improvements
Automate operational tasks where possible
Improve monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks
Contribute to infrastructure-as-code repositories
Experience operating Kubernetes clusters in production
Strong Linux and container fundamentals
Experience with Kubernetes troubleshooting and debugging
Understanding of:
Kubernetes deployments, services, and networking
Resource management and scaling
Persistent storage in Kubernetes
Experience operating at least some of the following:
Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Caching systems (Redis)
Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Helm, or similar)
Experience with monitoring and logging systems
Strong troubleshooting and incident response skills
Nice to Have
Experience with CI/CD platforms
Familiarity with GitOps workflows
Cloud provider experience (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Experience supporting multi-team Kubernetes environments
What We Value
Customer-Focused Mindset
The platform serves developers and internal teams. Understanding their needs and helping them succeed is a key part of the role.
Result-Oriented Approach
We value engineers who focus on outcomes — solving real problems, improving reliability, and delivering practical solutions.
Operational Excellence
You keep critical infrastructure reliable and well-maintained.
Ownership
You take responsibility for issues and follow them through to resolution.
Continuous Improvement
You automate repetitive tasks and improve operational processes.
Collaboration
You work closely with developers and platform engineers to keep systems running smoothly.
What Success Looks LikePlatform environments are reliable and well-maintained
Engineers can request and receive environments quickly and consistently
Platform services run without operational surprises
Incidents are handled efficiently and professionally
Operational tasks are gradually automated and standardized
Internal teams experience the platform as stable, predictable, and easy to use.