Senior Platform Engineer (OpenShift, Kubernetes & GitOps)
Ford Motor Company (company site, opens in a new tab)6–10 yrsRemoteDirect career pageEst. 30–45 LPA
Posted on 8 Sept
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About This Role
- Design, build, administer, and upgrade enterprise Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform clusters with automation and IaC.
- Develop and integrate platform capabilities via CI/CD and GitOps tools (e.g., GitHub, Argo CD, Tekton) and APIs to support scalable, secure cloud-native solutions.
- Implement platform observability, security, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives supporting microservices and distributed systems.
Minimum Requirements
- 6-10 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure.
- Expertise administering Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters including deployment, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
- Proficiency in Go, Python, or similar programming languages for platform component development.
- Experience with CI/CD, GitOps tools, API design, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation frameworks.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced individual contributor with demonstrated strong engineering mindset and hands-on platform automation skills.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native design principles aligned to enterprise platform needs.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes Operators, service mesh, observability tools, storage solutions, secrets management, and hybrid cloud environments is a plus.