Senior Platform Engineer

Company Description R25 0009780 NIQ a leader in understanding consumer buying behavior is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Enterprise Platform Engineering team in Chennai India You ll be a crucial part of our mission to deliver world-class corporate technologies for over 30 000 global employees supporting a wide range of critical services including our AI ML initiatives This is a full-time position where you ll play a key role in a highly skilled team You will design build and maintain the core frameworks and platforms that power NIQ working with a diverse and cutting-edge tech stack Design and architect scalable resilient platforms that empower other engineering teams to confidently deploy and run their services Build and maintain robust platform frameworks that support various engineering needs including data science and machine learning workflows Collaborate closely with application development data science and site reliability engineering SRE teams to deliver effective solutions Deepen your expertise in core platform technologies like Kubernetes EKS AKS Helm Terraform and GitOps tools ArgoCD Ensure seamless deployment and operation of platforms by building and maintaining CI CD pipelines GitLab Azure Pipelines Proactively monitor analyze and optimize system performance and security using tools like Prometheus Grafana and Datadog Continuously improve platform reliability scalability and availability by applying SRE principles like SLOs and error budgets Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all platforms and frameworks Qualifications 5 years of experience in software development or DevOps with at least 2 years specifically in platform engineering Strong hands-on experience with Docker Kubernetes and GitOps tooling Proficiency in cloud platforms with experience in AWS and Azure Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Corelogix Prometheus Grafana Datadog or OpenTelemetry Solid understanding of CI CD pipelines leveraging tools like GitLab or GitHub actions Experience with Infrastructure as Code Terraform Ansible and configuration management tools Knowledge of networking concepts TCP IP DNS REST APIs and API management tools Experience with building and managing ML platforms is a plus specifically with tools like MLflow or Kubeflow Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Bash Excellent communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts A team-oriented mindset with the ability to work effectively both collaboratively and independently A Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent practical work experience Additional Information We offer a flexible working mode in Chennai 1 per week at the office LI-hybrid Our Benefits Flexible working environment Volunteer time off LinkedIn Learning Employee-Assistance-Program EAP About NIQ NIQ is the world s leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View TM NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90 of the world s population For more information visit NIQ com Want to keep up with our latest updates Follow us on Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients communities and markets we measure within our own workforce We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce measurement and products We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action-Employer making decisions without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability status age marital status protected veteran status or any other protected class Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center