Principal Platform Engineer
IG Group (company site, opens in a new tab)12+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 35–60 LPA
Posted 15d ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Define, build, evolve, and govern secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud platform architecture and infrastructure.
- Set technical direction and standards for cloud platforms across public and private clouds, collaborating with engineering, security, and FinOps teams.
- Lead cloud technology evaluation, standardisation, CI/CD pipeline optimisation, Kubernetes environment management, and enable self-service platform capabilities via developer portals.
Minimum Requirements
- 12+ years overall work experience.
- 4+ years hands-on cloud infrastructure engineering experience with AWS, GCP, Azure; deep networking knowledge (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF).
- 2+ years experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or Ansible and automation platforms like AWX, Ansible Tower, or Terragrunt.
- 2+ years experience with Kubernetes administration (preferably EKS), CI/CD pipeline design (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions), and implementing DevSecOps practices.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced technical leader capable of influencing complex technical decisions and driving engineering standards across teams.
- Strong platform engineering background with experience in developer tooling (Backstage), artifact repositories, API gateways, and observability platforms.
- Proficient in architecting microservices-based cloud networks and infrastructure with autonomy and responsibility for technical direction and risk reduction.