Sr. Platform Engineer

Hi Associate,

Greetings for the day,

We have a position as a Sr. Platform Engineer role in Frisco, TX. Please find the job description below for this position.

Role: Sr. Platform Engineer

Location: Frisco, TX

Duration: 24 Months

Job Description:

• Strong proficiency in Linux and Windows Server administration within hybrid environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure services, including compute, networking, and IAM.
• Strong experience in the telecom billing domain.
• Advanced scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate platform operations.
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or similar).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Working knowledge of DML operations in relational (Postgres, Oracle) and NoSQL (Cassandra) databases.
• Understanding of Kafka event streaming concepts, including producers, consumers, and topic management.
• Familiarity with caching mechanisms such as Redis or Memcached for improving data access performance.
• Working knowledge of virtualization platforms such as VMware or Hyper-V.
• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, DNS, security principles, and zero-trust models.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a bias for action and automation.
• Communicates complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non- technical audiences.
• Collaborates seamlessly in Agile, cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability, and adaptability in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Job Responsibilities:

• Platform Operations& Support: Own day-to-day operations of hybrid infrastructure supporting Client s platform services.
• Ensure uptime, performance, and security across on-prem, AWS, and Azure environments
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, configuration, and deployment issues impacting platform reliability.
• Lead patching, updates, and configuration management with minimal oversight.
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive improvements in incident response and postmortem practices.

Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code:

• Design, develop, and maintain automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to increase operational efficiency.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent frameworks.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform infrastructure and environment deployments (GitLabCI/CD, Jenkins).
• Establish documentation standards and reusable modules for consistent automation delivery.

Hybrid Cloud Environment Engineering:

• Architect, provision, and maintain compute, networking, and storage services across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments.
• Engineer hybrid connectivity solutions and optimize data flow between data centers and cloud resources.
• Manage shared platform services such as container registries, configuration management, and identity systems.
• Partner with DevOps, SRE, and application teams to deliver stable, scalable platform environments.

Data, Messaging & Caching (DML Operations):

• Execute and optimize DML operations within Postgres, Oracle, and Cassandra environments under existing organizational DDL structures.
• Develop and maintain integrations with Kafka for event-driven data pipelines, message publishing, and asynchronous workloads.
• Implement caching strategies (Redis, in-memory caches) to reduce query latency and improve application performance.
• Support database performance tuning, data ingestion, and transformation activities aligned with enterprise governance standards.

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability:

• Develop and manage observability solutions leveraging Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or ELK.
• Implement proactive monitoring, log analysis, and metrics-based alerting for early issue detection.
• Lead efforts in automation for self-healing, scaling, and performance tuning. Collaborate with SREs to improve mean time to resolution (MTTR) and overall platform reliability.

Collaboration, Leadership & Continuous Improvement:

• Contribute to Agile delivery teams, collaborating with developers and architects to deliver infrastructure enhancements.
• Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance in automation, monitoring, and hybrid design.
• Advocate for DevOps and automation best practices across engineering teams.
• Stay informed on emerging tools and cloud-native practices that improve reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Thanks & Regards

RAJU REDDY |Sr. Team Manager

CIS Technology Inc

Plano, TX 75074

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