Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer
full-time•Chennai•$3500k - $5000k
Summary
About this role
This role is for one of our clients
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Min Experience: 8 years
Location: Chennai
JobType: full-time
\n₹35,00,000 - ₹50,00,000 a year
We are looking for a Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer to design, automate, and manage scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments. This role is ideal for a technically strong individual contributor who takes full ownership of platform reliability, performance, and security. You will work closely with engineering, QA, and IT teams to build robust CI/CD pipelines, automate operational workflows, and ensure seamless deployment of applications across AWS and on-prem environments.
Key Responsibilities
Architect, deploy, and manage scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and hybrid setups combining on-prem and cloud resources.
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent frameworks.
Automate provisioning, configuration, and operational processes using Python, Bash, and Ansible.
Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or similar.
Manage containerized environments, including Docker-based workloads and Kubernetes orchestration.
Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high platform availability and performance.
Own production systems, lead incident management, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
Apply DevSecOps best practices including secure deployments, secrets management, and access controls.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system stability, reliability, and developer productivity.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives for automation, infrastructure performance, and operational efficiency.
Required Skills & Experience
8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
Strong expertise with AWS services, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Hands-on Linux system administration experience (Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux).
Proficient in scripting and automation using Python and Bash.
Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
Proven ability to manage hybrid infrastructure environments combining cloud and on-prem resources.
Preferred Skills & Competencies
Designing security-focused architectures (DevSecOps, Zero Trust, compliance-driven environments).
Experience operating large-scale, distributed, and high-availability systems.
Strong problem-solving mindset with a proactive and ownership-driven approach.
Excellent collaboration skills across engineering, QA, and IT teams.
Key Skills
DevOps & Platform Engineering
Cloud Infrastructure (AWS & Hybrid)
Linux Server Administration
CI/CD Pipeline Design & Automation
Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Monitoring & Observability
\nWhat you'll do
- The Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer will architect, deploy, and manage scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and hybrid setups. They will also implement Infrastructure-as-Code and automate operational processes to ensure high platform availability and performance.
About Weekday
About
At Weekday, we are building the next frontier in hiring. We believe recommendations and referrals are the best way to find the best engineers, but that doesn't scale as one would have only a limited network. We are scaling referrals by building a community of scouts (who are top software engineer themselves) who keep recommending us the best engineers and we help them find the best suited opportunities in top startups.
Tech
Our tech stack is a combination of AWS Aurora, React JS, Node JS, Express, Elastic Search, Elastic Beanstalk, MySQL, CodePipeline.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Weekday pay for a Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer?
Weekday offers a competitive compensation package for the Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer role. The salary range is INR 3500k - 5000k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.
What does a Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer do at Weekday?
As a Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer at Weekday, you will: the Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer will architect, deploy, and manage scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and hybrid setups. They will also implement Infrastructure-as-Code and automate operational processes to ensure high platform availability and performance..
Is the Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer position at Weekday remote?
The Senior Cloud & Platform Engineer position at Weekday is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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