Cloud Platform Engineer

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients throughout India and world-wide. The below client is a global software and cloud solutions provider that helps organizations buy, manage, and optimize their technology through both a marketplace and a comprehensive suite of services Job Title: Cloud Platform Engineer Location: Bangalore Job Type: Contract Work Type: Onsite Job Description: Specialist with 12+ years of experience delivering large-scale cloud infrastructure modernization, platform engineering, and migration programs across enterprise and telecom environments. Strong expertise in assessing application and infrastructure readiness, planning migration strategies, and executing workload transitions from virtualized platforms to Kubernetes/OpenShift environments running on bare metal and cloud infrastructure. Core Expertise Cloud migration planning, readiness assessments, dependency analysis, and migration execution. Virtual machine to container platform migrations (VMware/OpenStack to Kubernetes/OpenShift). Kubernetes and OpenShift cluster validation, operations, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management. OpenStack administration, operations, and infrastructure management. Linux systems administration, automation, and shell scripting. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and operational automation. Storage validation and persistence management (including Ceph-backed environments). CI/CD, GitOps, and DevOps practices. Monitoring, observability, and production health validation using enterprise monitoring platforms. Infrastructure troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational support. Cross-functional collaboration with networking, storage, platform, and application teams during migration programs. Technical Skills Container Platforms: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker Cloud Platforms: OpenStack, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible Automation & Scripting: Bash, Python Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenSearch, Datadog CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, CircleCI, GitOps Configuration Management: Puppet, Chef Storage: Ceph, Persistent Volumes Operating Systems: Linux/Unix Version Control: Git Databases: Redis Key Strengths Leading end-to-end cloud migration and modernization initiatives. Developing migration runbooks, validation procedures, rollback plans, and cutover strategies. Performing infrastructure health checks, dependency validation, and post-migration verification. Automating operational processes to improve repeatability and reduce manual effort. Troubleshooting complex cloud-native infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, and container platforms. Working in mission-critical enterprise and telecom environments with high availability requirements. Providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with global delivery teams. Relevant Certifications Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Red Hat OpenStack Certification Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Additional certifications in Kubernetes, OpenStack, Nutanix, and IT Service Management. Ideal Profile Keywords Cloud Migration | Kubernetes | OpenShift | OpenStack | Platform Engineering | Cloud Infrastructure | Infrastructure Modernization | Linux | Terraform | Ansible | DevOps | Automation | Ceph | Infrastructure Readiness | Migration Assessment | Cloud Operations | Production Support | Enterprise Infrastructure | Telecom Cloud | Bare Metal Kubernetes TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.