Senior Platform & DevOps Consultant

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.
• Lead cloud modernization and platform transformation initiatives for enterprise clients.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, Pulumi, or similar technologies.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines that improve deployment speed, reliability, and quality.
• Design Kubernetes-based application platforms using modern containerization and orchestration best practices.
• Implement automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages to improve operational efficiency.
• Design and implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions that improve platform reliability.
• Implement disaster recovery, high availability, and operational resilience strategies.
• Assess cloud environments for security, governance, performance, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Establish cloud governance, tagging standards, budgeting practices, and operational metrics.
• Lead architecture workshops, technical assessments, and platform strategy discussions with client stakeholders.
• Mentor engineering teams on cloud architecture, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and platform engineering best practices.
• Produce architecture documentation, operational runbooks, technical recommendations, and executive presentations.
• Support solution development and client pursuits by providing technical leadership and consulting expertise.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Architecture.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated success leading cloud modernization and DevOps transformation initiatives.
• Consulting or professional services experience working directly with enterprise clients.
• Strong experience with one or more public cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with cloud networking, compute, identity and access management, storage, monitoring, managed databases, and container platforms.
• Hands-on experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Pulumi (preferred), or similar tools.
• Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management practices.
• Experience designing or supporting Kubernetes platforms, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Docker, and Helm.
• Strong scripting experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience implementing observability solutions using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Datadog, or Elastic.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical teams and executive leadership.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives across multiple client engagements.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent certification.
• Experience implementing GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux.
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, or other distributed data platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud security frameworks and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with API management platforms such as MuleSoft, Kong, Gravitee, or Apigee.
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure, LLM platforms, or Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Experience supporting Salesforce, MuleSoft, or other enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Experience with FinOps, cloud governance, and cloud cost optimization initiatives.