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Call Quest Solution · 5 hours ago

Lead Platform Engineer (Cloud | Kubernetes | DevSecOps | AWS)

Call Quest Solution is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to design, operate, and scale a secure and reliable cloud platform. This role involves building a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) while mentoring other engineers and leading technical initiatives.

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Responsibilities

Design and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services
Build and manage Kubernetes-based container platforms
Develop CI/CD pipelines and developer workflow automation
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent deployments
Partner with Security & Compliance teams to enforce guardrails
Automate platform provisioning, monitoring, and releases
Improve platform reliability, availability, and performance
Troubleshoot complex deployment and configuration issues
Lead technical initiatives and guide engineering best practices
Mentor junior engineers and support cross-team collaboration
Translate business and development requirements into automated solutions

Qualification

KubernetesAWSInfrastructure as CodeContainer EngineeringCI/CD toolsGitOps toolingCloud security architectureTroubleshootingPlatform reliabilityMentoring

Required

7+ years working with containerized production systems
Strong Kubernetes operations & deployment expertise
4+ years with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CodeStar)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK)
GitOps tooling: Helm, Flux, Argo CD
Cloud & network security architecture
IAM, least privilege, RBAC, secrets management, boundary protection
Design and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services
Build and manage Kubernetes-based container platforms
Develop CI/CD pipelines and developer workflow automation
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent deployments
Partner with Security & Compliance teams to enforce guardrails
Automate platform provisioning, monitoring, and releases
Improve platform reliability, availability, and performance
Troubleshoot complex deployment and configuration issues
Lead technical initiatives and guide engineering best practices
Mentor junior engineers and support cross-team collaboration
Translate business and development requirements into automated solutions

Preferred

Service mesh & observability: Istio, Prometheus, Grafana
Identity solutions: Keycloak
Vulnerability scanning & static/dynamic analysis
Hardened AMIs/containers (CIS, STIGs)
SIEM, audit, and logging platforms
APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, Splunk)
Troubleshooting complex platform/app deployments

Company

Call Quest Solution

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At Call Quest Solutions, we believe great companies are built by great people.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
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