Sr Staff Engineer Platform Engineering

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We're a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architectKubernetes-based infrastructurefor scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Lead the migration of legacy workloads toKubernetes and containerized environments.
• Define and implementCI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, and deployment automation.
• Collaborate with application, platform, and security teams to ensuresecure, compliant, and efficientdeployments.
• DevelopHelm charts, operators, and manifests for consistent application deployment.
• Establish and enforcegovernance, monitoring, and observabilitystandards (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
• Optimize cluster performance and resource utilization across hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Stay up to date with evolvingCNCF ecosystem toolsand recommend adoption strategies.

Required Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Architecture.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience withKubernetes(AKS, EKS, GKE, or OpenShift).
• Strong expertise incontainerization technologies
• Proven experience withinfrastructure as codetools (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, etc.).
• Familiarity withservice mesh andAPI gatewaysolutions.
• Experience withmonitoring, logging, and tracingtools.
• Strong understanding ofnetworking, storage, and securityconcepts in Kubernetes.
• Scripting and automation skills usingPython, Bash, or Go.
• Experience withcloud platforms(AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
• Experience architectingmulti-cluster or hybrid-cloud Kubernetessolutions.
• Exposure toserverless, event-driven architectures, oredge computing.

Basic Requirements

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Proven leadership skills with a focus on mentorship and driving results.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.