Platform Engineering

Job Description Job Description: - We are looking for a talented IDP Tools Engineer to design develop and optimize our Internal Developer Platform IDP tools and solutions - As part of our platform engineering team you will play a key role in building and supporting a unified developer centric platform that empowers engineering teams to access manage and deploy their services with minimal friction - Your work will help accelerate development cycles improve developer experience and create scalable tools that integrate various systems across our organization Key Responsibilities: - Design develop and maintain Internal Developer Platform IDP tools ensuring they meet the needs of engineering teams - Build and enhance self service capabilities such as resource provisioning CI CD pipelines and service management within the platform - Integrate multiple tools and services e - g - Git Jenkins Kubernetes Helm etc - into a unified developer experience - Ensure platform tools are highly scalable available and meet security and performance standards - Automate manual processes and remove friction from the development lifecycle by creating easy to use interfaces and automation workflows - Work closely with development teams to identify pain points and implement solutions that improve productivity and reduce complexity - Continuously optimize platform tools for performance security and developer experience - Work with engineering security and DevOps teams to ensure that IDP tools meet all operational and security requirements - Collaborate with cross functional teams to design and integrate new features and services into the IDP ecosystem - Provide documentation and training to help engineering teams adopt platform tools effectively - Monitor platform performance gather feedback and iteratively improve the tools to address evolving needs - Stay updated on emerging trends in platform engineering and developer productivity continuously improving IDP capabilities - Ensure a smooth developer experience through proactive problem solving debugging and technical support Technical Requirements: - Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience - 8 years of experience in software engineering DevOps or platform engineering with a focus on IDP tools or developer productivity platforms - 3 years of experience with DevOps CI CD Terraform Kubernetes Docker Jenkins Service Mesh Cloud DevOps Automation AWS Azure GCP - 2 years of experience and proficiency in IDP toolsets such as Backstage Humanitec Port Cortex or other similar platforms - Strong programming scripting skills in languages such as Python Go JavaScript or similar - Experience with CI CD tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or similar - Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes for service orchestration - Experience with Infrastructure as Code IaC tools such as Terraform CloudFormation or Ansible - Strong understanding of cloud platforms like AWS Azure or GCP Additional Responsibilities: - Preferred Qualifications - Experience with microservices architecture service mesh Istio Cilium and API management - Familiarity with developer experience tools and frameworks such as GitLab Jira or Slack - Experience with observability tools e - g - Prometheus Grafana Datadog to monitor platform usage and performance - Experience with security best practices in a developer platform context e - g - role based access control token management - Familiarity with Agile methodologies Scrum Kanban and working in cross functional teams Preferred Skills: Technology->DevOps->Continuous integration - Mainframe