Senior Platform Engineer - DevSecOps

Role: Senior Platform Engineer - DevSecOps
Job Ref Id: JD-1351
Competence level: 8 + Years
Start date: 2026-11-15
End date: 2027-05-31
Extension option: Yes
Scope: 100 %
Location: India
Remote work: Yes
Language: English
Application deadline: 2026-11-30
Number of consultants: 1
Security clearance: No

 

About the assignment

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (DevSecOps) to design, build, operate and continuously improve a secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platform. The role enables product teams to deliver software efficiently, reliably and securely by driving automation, standardization, self-service capabilities and security-by-design within an agile, product-oriented platform team.

 

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage platform capabilities that support the end-to-end software development lifecycle.

• Build and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient platform services.

• Continuously improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

• Monitor platform health and proactively address operational issues.

• Developer Enablement & Self-Service:

• Empower development teams through self-service platform solutions.

• Create reusable templates, blueprints, and standardized development workflows.

• Develop and maintain internal developer platforms and shared services.

• Reduce delivery friction by simplifying provisioning and deployment processes.

• CI/CD & DevOps Automation:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated software delivery.

• Automate build, test, deployment, and release management processes.

• Improve deployment frequency, reliability, and recovery capabilities.

• Support DevOps best practices across engineering teams.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Provision and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools.

• Automate infrastructure deployment, configuration management, and lifecycle operations.

• Ensure infrastructure consistency, repeatability, and compliance across environments.

• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure and platform configurations.

• Security & Governance:

• Implement security-by-default principles across platform services.

• Manage identity, access control, secrets management, and artifact repositories.

• Ensure secure software delivery practices and compliance with organizational standards.

• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and platform operations.

• Promote DevSecOps practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

• Developer Experience & Platform Products:

• Contribute to internal developer platforms and portals such as Backstage.

• Improve developer productivity through streamlined tooling and workflows.

• Gather and act on developer feedback to enhance platform usability.

• Deliver platform capabilities that reduce cognitive load for engineering teams.

• Agile Delivery & Continuous Improvement:

• Work collaboratively within Agile and Scrum-based delivery models.

• Continuously improve platform products based on user feedback, metrics, and adoption trends.

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical discussions.

• Drive innovation and operational excellence through iterative improvements.

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with software engineers, architects, security teams, and operations teams.

• Promote platform adoption and engineering best practices across the organization.

• Provide technical guidance and support for development teams.

• Contribute to platform strategy, roadmaps, and architectural decisions.

 

Requirements

Mandatory

• Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise.
• Experience managing and supporting GitHub Self-Hosted Runners.
• Strong knowledge of source control, branching strategies, and repository management.
• Experience with platform tooling and developer enablement solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Implement automated build, test, release, and deployment workflows.
• Integrate security, compliance, and quality gates into CI/CD processes.
• Optimize deployment processes to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Bicep.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Maintain Infrastructure as Code repositories and deployment frameworks.
• Ensure infrastructure consistency, scalability, and governance across environments.
• Provision, configure, and manage Azure cloud resources.
• Experience with Azure platform services and resource lifecycle management.
• Implement cloud-native solutions following security and operational best practices.
• Support scalable, secure, and resilient cloud environments.
• Experience with secrets management platforms such as HashiCorp Vault.
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID integration for SaaS and enterprise applications.
• Manage authentication, authorization, and role-based access controls.
• Implement secure access and credential management practices.
• Experience with artifact management platforms such as JFrog Artifactory.
• Manage software artifacts, package repositories, and release promotion processes.
• Integrate artifact repositories into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support artifact lifecycle management across multiple environments.
• Experience implementing GitOps principles and workflows.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as ArgoCD.
• Automate application deployment and configuration management through Git-based workflows.
• Ensure deployment consistency and environment standardization.
• Experience with Backstage or similar internal developer portals.
• Develop and maintain self-service developer platforms.
• Improve developer productivity through platform automation and standardized workflows.
• Enable service catalog management and developer self-service capabilities.
• Experience developing automation solutions using:
• o Node.js
• o Go (Golang)
• o Similar programming languages
• Build integrations, APIs, and internal platform tooling.
• Automate operational tasks and platform services.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and architectures.
• Knowledge of connectivity between:
• o On-premises environments
• o SaaS platforms
• o Cloud environments
• Understanding of DNS, routing, VPNs, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity concepts.
• Ability to work effectively in Agile and cross-functional teams.
• Experience collaborating with developers, architects, product teams, and stakeholders.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

Nice-to-have

• Experience setting up platform capabilities and tooling from scratch in enterprise environments.
• Experience designing scalable platform architectures and governance models.
• Knowledge of platform operating models and developer enablement strategies.
• Experience managing container registries.
• Knowledge of artifact promotion strategies across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Understanding of software supply chain management practices.
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions.
• Knowledge of logging, alerting, and troubleshooting platform services.
• Experience with platform health monitoring and operational support.
• Experience defining engineering standards, guardrails, and best practices.
• Establish platform governance, compliance controls, and operational frameworks.
• Drive consistency and standardization across engineering teams.
• Experience measuring platform adoption and developer satisfaction.
• Improve developer experience through feedback-driven enhancements.
• Track platform KPIs, usage metrics, and adoption trends.
• Experience with Kubernetes-based platforms and container orchestration.
• Understanding of Kubernetes deployment models and ecosystem tooling.
• Experience supporting containerized application platforms.