Senior Platform Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Contribute to the overall architecture of the platform infrastructure, collaborating with other infrastructure engineers using GitOps, IaC and Kubernetes
• ▹Develop and operate shared data platform services (Go operators, Kafka, Neo4j, and related infrastructure) for scalable, self-service data capabilities
• ▹Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex service issues, implement security best practices, and maintain documentation
• ▹Partner with product engineering, security, and SRE teams to drive adoption of platform best practices across AWS and GCP
• ▹Stay current with platform engineering trends and infrastructure automation, identifying and implementing improvements

Requirements

• ▹3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or software engineering roles with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• ▹Proven experience designing, building, and managing production services using Kubernetes and GitOps/IaC at a scale of tens to hundreds of Kubernetes clusters
• ▹Experience managing production workloads and infrastructure on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• ▹Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes clusters and managing containerized services in production
• ▹Demonstrable experience writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, preferably with Terraform, and proficiency in Golang for controller and automation development
• ▹Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot) to solve real-world business challenges
• ▹Systematic troubleshooting and critical thinking to diagnose root causes within distributed cloud infrastructure

Nice to have

• ▹CKA / CKAD certification
• ▹Experience with Istio, ArgoCD
• ▹Deep experience with networks, Linux and Kubernetes
• ▹Experience with monitoring/logging and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Grafana, Honeycomb)
• ▹Proficiency in creating Golang controllers and other automation patterns to manage Kubernetes resources

Soft skills

About the company

Collibra's Platform Infrastructure Engineering team builds and operates the cloud foundation for all Collibra services, evolving a multi-cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform/Helm, and GitOps infrastructure environment.