Smarsh

Sr. Platform Engineer II-Datastore

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5 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate highly available, scalable clusters for MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and Apache Kafka.
  • Own major platform components and deliver complex initiatives from design through production.
  • Develop architectural patterns and platform standards for reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Troubleshoot complex distributed-systems issues across multi-cluster environments.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure as code and deployment automation.
  • Improve observability, reliability, and operational excellence across the data platform.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and Product Management to align platform capabilities with product needs.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and continuous platform improvement.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure-focused roles.
  • Production experience operating at least one of MongoDB, Apache Kafka, or Elasticsearch, including day-2 operations.
  • Experience designing and operating Kubernetes environments; Helm and ArgoCD experience is a significant plus.
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, or a similar programming language.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.
  • Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
  • Experience implementing and maintaining observability solutions such as Prometheus/Grafana or ELK.
  • Understanding of security principles and experience embedding security best practices into production environments and code promotion systems.
  • Strong collaboration, communication, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
  • Experience with internal platform APIs or automation tooling, regulated environments, or self-service infrastructure is desirable.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaAWSElasticsearchGrafanaHelmJavaKubernetesMongoDBPrometheusPythonTerraform

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