Senior Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and maintain Arm’s Kubernetes platform management/control pane services and workload cluster services.
• Develop and improve automation, self-service capabilities, and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions for cluster provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Operate Kubernetes clusters across public cloud and private cloud environments, including upgrades, patching, maintenance, and operational support.
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and security through engineering standards and automation.
• Support diverse workload requirements and collaborate with engineering teams to enhance platform capabilities and developer productivity.
• Solve complex platform issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements.
• Contribute to platform architecture, technical roadmaps, and engineering standards.
• Required Skills and Experience: Confirmed experience building and operating large scale distributed systems and/or operating multiple large Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and its broader tools ecosystem, with experience in Linux administration, networking, storage, security, and end-to-end cluster lifecycle management.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and private cloud (VMware and OpenStack) infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar technologies.
• Software development and automation experience using languages such as Go, Python, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD and GitOps tooling such as Argo CD, Flux, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
• Experience with observability solutions such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and centralized logging platforms.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, globally distributed engineering environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills and excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Curious and willingness to learn new and evolving technologies and fast experimentation and prototyping. &ldquo
• Nice To Have&rdquo
• Skills and Experience: Experience handling the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters at scale, involving system updates, patch application, ongoing servicing, and debugging across multiple cloud and on-premises environments!
• Familiarity with Cluster API, OpenShift, Rancher, or similar cluster management technologies.
• Experience contributing to open-source cloud-native projects.
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS!
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