Principal I, Cloud & Middleware Architecture (Platform Engineering)
Alcon (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 25–40 LPA
Posted 16h ago
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About This Role
- Lead design, engineering, automation, and operation of enterprise cloud and Kubernetes platforms across AWS, Azure, hybrid, on-premises, and edge environments.
- Translate architecture strategy into secure, scalable, automated, and supportable platform capabilities, focusing on cloud-native technologies, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, and GitOps.
- Mentor engineering teams and collaborate with architecture, security, infrastructure, operations, and application teams to drive modernization and improve platform reliability and adoption.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree.
- 5+ years total experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or related fields.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes platforms (Amazon EKS, AKS, OpenShift, RKE2, or equivalent) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
- Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced senior technical leader capable of bridging architecture strategy with hands-on platform engineering and automation.
- Proven ability to implement secure, scalable, and reliable cloud-native and Kubernetes platform services aligned to strategic roadmaps.
- Comfortable working across diverse environments, including cloud, datacenter, manufacturing, edge, and distributed platform contexts, with emphasis on platform operational efficiency and lifecycle management.