Platform Engineer

Job Description

About Us:

ClearRoute is an is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We work with technology leaders facing complex business challenges.

We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We're not just making better software. We're making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problem-Solving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for ClearRoute, our customers and most importantly our team. We want to create a collaborative team to help build ClearRoute. This is an opportunity for you to build the organization from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains.

Job Role

We are looking for a Platform Engineer with strong experience in Azure cloud, GitOps practices, and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP).

In this role, you will focus on building and enabling scalable, secure, and developer-friendly platforms that improve engineering velocity. You will work closely with development teams to create self-service infrastructure, standardized deployment workflows, and AI-enabled platform capabilities.

This role focuses on platform thinking, developer experience, and automation at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) to enable self-service capabilities for engineering teams
• Implement and manage GitOps workflows using tools like Argo CD
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Design and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
• Enable platform standardization across environments (dev, staging, production)
• Develop reusable infrastructure and platform components using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Work with engineering teams to improve developer experience and deployment efficiency
• Build and support AI-enabled platform capabilities (e.g., automation, intelligent pipelines, observability insights)
• Extensive experience in managing containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS)
• Implement DevSecOps best practices across the platform
• Drive observability, monitoring, and reliability across platform services

Required Skills & Experience:

• 7 to 13 years of experience in Platform Engineering / Cloud Engineering
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Strong hands-on experience with:

• Azure Cloud Services
• GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
• Argo CD / GitOps practices
• Kubernetes (AKS) and Docker
• Fundamental Principles: Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, subnets, VLANs, and routing.
• Cloud Networking: Proficiency with AWS, Azure, or GCP networking (e.g., VPCs, DNS, Load Balancers).
• Kubernetes Networking: Understanding the Container Network Interface (CNI) layer, service discovery, and network policies.
• Security & Troubleshooting: Setting up firewalls, managing load balancing, and troubleshooting packet loss/connectivity issues.
• Experience in building or contributing to an Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Experience with Java-based ecosystems (understanding application deployment and runtime)
• Knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor, etc.)
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and cloud security best practices
• Exposure to AI/ML enablement in DevOps or platform engineering (good to have)
• Strong problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills

Good to Have:

• Experience in platform engineering transformations
• Exposure to Backstage or similar developer portals
• Experience integrating AI tools into DevOps workflows
• Prior experience in consulting or working with multiple clients