Platform Engineer - Developer Platform & DevOps Tooling

Job summary

Vir*** is seeking a Platform Engineer to develop tools and automation for engineering teams on a large-scale HPC platform. The role combines software development, DevOps, and platform operations, focusing on CI/CD systems, Kubernetes, and infrastructure support.

Qualifications

• Software development experience in one or more modern programming languages.
• Experience building or contributing to tools, services, APIs, platforms, or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release processes, or deployment automation.
• Practical experience with Linux and containers, with exposure to Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms.
• Ability to write maintainable code and willingness to learn how to operate it in real environments.
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain internal tools, services, APIs, and automation for engineering teams.
• Contribute improvements to developer workflows across build, test, release, deployment, and operational processes.
• Develop reliable, maintainable software that integrates with existing platform and infrastructure systems.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines, containerised environments, and Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Automate repetitive operational workflows and improve deployment reliability.
• Support key engineering platforms and services, including GitLab, Kubernetes, Puppet-managed environments, and OpenStack-backed infrastructure.
• Contribute to tooling for monitoring, logging, debugging, and operational visibility.
• Ensure uptime, availability, and operational readiness of Kubernetes-based services.
• Assist with diagnosing complex issues across application, platform, and infrastructure boundaries.
• Produce clear reporting on platform health, delivery status, incidents, and improvement work.
• Work closely with software engineers, platform engineers, and infrastructure teams.

Skills

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