Senior Platform Engineer, SaaSOps

Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience working with Azure cloud services (AKS, PaaS/SaaS offerings), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible etc), and event-driven architectures (Pub/Sub) in production environments. 

• Strong skills in Python, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, architectural design  

• Experience in Linux system administration, network management, monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana etc.  

• Strong hands-on experience designing and operating solutions on Microsoft Azure, leveraging both SaaS and PaaS services. 

• Experience working with Azure PaaS services such as PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Cosmos DB, Azure Cache for Redis, and Azure Storage. 

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure services including AKS, Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, and Redis. 

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes across both AKS and on-prem Kubernetes environments. 

• Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps. 

• Hands-on experience with container build processes and managing container registries such as Azure Container Registry (ACR). 

• Experience integrating security practices into CI/CD pipelines, including SAST and DAST tools. 

• Experience implementing Policy-as-Code using tools such as OPA or Azure Policy to enforce governance and compliance. 

• Hands-on experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for cloud-based monitoring. 

• Experience configuring and managing Private DNS and Private Endpoints. 

Responsibilities:

• Logn term responsibility of this role would be to manage day-to-day SaaS operations of the platforms/products, ensuring high-availability, security and performance of the infrastructure. 

• Short term responsibility would be to closely work with the platform engineering/development team in implementing the enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native SaaS products from the ground up, manage/automate infrastructure-as-code, for cloud-native technologies. 

• Implement robust continuous integration practices, including code quality gates, static and dynamic security analysis, and container image scanning. 

• Design and implement a fully integrated DevSecOps toolchain aligned with security-first principles. 

• Integrate source control systems (GitHub or Azure DevOps) with build pipelines, artifact repositories (ACR), container scanning tools, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows. 

• Implement secure secrets management using Azure Key Vault in cloud environments and HashiCorp Vault for on-prem deployments. 

• Enforce policy-as-code practices and implement compliance guardrails across environments. 

• Enable Kubernetes-based deployments across OpenShift, Rancher, or upstream Kubernetes environments. 

• Automate provisioning and configuration of core platform components including: 

• AKS clusters 

• Azure Front Door and Application Gateway 

• PostgreSQL Flexible Servers (per-tenant model) 

• Cosmos DB 

• Private Endpoints and VNet architecture 

• Support Hub-Spoke networking models and hybrid connectivity patterns. 

• Enable vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows across code, containers, and infrastructure. 

• Automate security posture management and compliance checks. Enforce RBAC and least-privilege access models across cloud and on-prem environments.