Senior Platform Engineer (OpenShift, Kubernetes & GitOps)
Ford Motor Company (company site, opens in a new tab)6–10 yrsRemoteDirect career pageEst. 20–38 LPA
Posted on 8 Sept
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About This Role
- Design, build, administer, and upgrade enterprise-grade Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters including platform automation and API integrations.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD and GitOps pipelines and platform components using Go, Python, or equivalent languages.
- Implement and support scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native platform capabilities including observability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
Minimum Requirements
- 6-10 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure.
- Strong experience administering Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform including cluster lifecycle management and automation.
- Hands-on development experience in Go, Python, or a similar programming language with proficiency in object-oriented programming.
- Experience with CI/CD and GitOps tools such as GitHub, Argo CD, and Tekton and expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Individual contributor with strong engineering and hands-on platform automation skills focused on Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
- Experienced in designing and integrating API-first platform solutions supporting microservices and cloud-native distributed systems.
- Familiarity with advanced platform components such as Kubernetes Operators, service mesh (e.g. Istio), observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana), storage solutions, and platform security best practices.