Senior Platform Engineer (OpenShift, Kubernetes & GitOps)
Ford Motor20 hours ago
Remote, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, administer, and upgrade Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform clusters.
- Develop platform capabilities using automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
- Build integrations between platform services and enterprise systems through APIs and automation frameworks.
- Design and implement CI/CD and GitOps solutions using GitHub, Argo CD, and Tekton.
- Develop and maintain platform components using Go, Python, or equivalent programming languages.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable and resilient cloud-native solutions.
- Implement platform observability, monitoring, and troubleshooting practices.
- Contribute to platform architecture, security, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Support microservices-based workloads and distributed systems running on container platforms.
Requirements
- 6-10 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure.
- Strong experience administering Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform, including cluster deployment, upgrades, lifecycle management, and automation.
- Proficiency in software development with strong object-oriented programming concepts.
- Hands-on development experience in Go, Python, or a similar programming language.
- Experience with CI/CD and GitOps tools such as GitHub, Argo CD, and Tekton.
- Experience designing and integrating APIs with an API-first engineering approach.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing platform solutions as an individual contributor.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation frameworks.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native design principles.
- Preferred experience with Kubernetes Operators, Custom Controllers, Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace, Ceph, OpenShift Data Foundation, HashiCorp Vault, hybrid cloud, private cloud, platform security, governance, and compliance best practices.
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About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.