Job Description

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This role is for one of Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 2500000 - Rs 6000000 (ie INR 25-60 LPA)
Min Experience: 7 years
Location: Gurgaon (NCR)
JobType: full-time
Requirements:
We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer Leader to drive our DevOps, Security, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering initiatives. This is a senior leadership role for a seasoned professional who can build and lead high-performing platform teams while architecting scalable, secure, and robust infrastructure solutions.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and infrastructure specialists
• Design and implement scalable cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Drive CI/CD strategy, automation, and deployment pipelines across the organization
• Establish and enforce security best practices, compliance standards, and governance frameworks
• Architect containerized solutions using Kubernetes, Docker, and orchestration technologies
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, and other tools
• Drive platform reliability, monitoring, observability, and incident response strategies
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and deployment processes
• Mentor team members and establish technical excellence standards

• 7-15 years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles
• Strong leadership experience managing technical teams (3+ years preferred)
• Expert-level knowledge of cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Proficiency in containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and microservices architecture
• Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar
• Strong automation skills using scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Deep understanding of security best practices, compliance frameworks, and governance
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, DataDog
• Experience with service mesh, API gateways, and distributed systems architecture

• Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments
• Knowledge of networking, load balancing, and CDN technologies
• Background in site reliability engineering (SRE) practices
• Experience with database administration and data platform technologies
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills