We are seeking a
Platform Infrastructure Lead
to lead the operations of enterprise container platforms and shared infrastructure services. You will manage a team responsible for ensuring the availability, security, and performance of Kubernetes platforms, middleware, and enterprise COTS applications supporting mission-critical systems.
Key Responsibilities
Lead a team of 4–6 infrastructure engineers supporting container platforms and platform services.
Manage platform operations, incident response, problem management, change implementation, and lifecycle activities.
Deploy, configure, and support
Kubernetes, Docker/Podman
, and enterprise COTS products including
MongoDB, MSSQL, NGINX, Apache, IBM MQ, MQTT, Kafka, and ArcGIS
.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams to resolve platform issues and support new services.
Ensure platform monitoring, logging, documentation, and operational runbooks are maintained.
Drive platform upgrades, patching, OS hardening, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
Lead Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity (BCP), and operational readiness activities.
Promote automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the platform environment.
Requirements
7–10 years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or middleware operations, including team leadership.
Strong hands-on expertise with
Kubernetes
,
Docker/Podman
, Linux administration, and OS hardening.
Experience managing enterprise COTS platforms including
MongoDB, MSSQL, NGINX, Apache, IBM MQ
, and messaging technologies.
Good understanding of networking, firewalls, load balancers, monitoring, and observability tools (
Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, eG Enterprise
).
Experience with
CI/CD
, automation (Ansible, scripting), and modern platform operations.
Strong leadership, troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Experience working in government or other highly regulated environments is highly desirable.
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