Platform Engineer

Senior System / Platform Engineer

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Location: Italy

Experience: 5+ Years

About the Role

Are you an experienced Platform Engineer passionate about Linux, Kubernetes, virtualization, and large-scale infrastructure operations? Join our team and play a critical role in building, managing, and optimizing enterprise and telecom-grade platforms that power mission-critical services. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior System / Platform Engineer who can take ownership of platform reliability, scalability, automation, and operational excellence across production and lab environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, administer, and maintain Linux-based and Kubernetes-driven platforms.
• Manage and optimize containerized and virtualized environments.
• Integrate infrastructure components including compute, storage, and networking platforms.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system, platform, and infrastructure issues.
• Perform system performance analysis, optimization, and capacity planning.
• Support automation initiatives to improve platform efficiency and reduce operational overhead.
• Manage and support production, staging, and lab environments.
• Drive operational excellence through proactive monitoring, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and problem management activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure platform availability, reliability, and scalability.

Required Technical Skills

• Linux Administration Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Linux system administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning System patching and lifecycle management
• Kubernetes & Containers Kubernetes cluster deployment and administration Container platforms and orchestration Kubernetes networking, storage, and security concepts Troubleshooting containerized workloads in production environments
• Virtualization Experience with virtualization technologies and platforms Resource allocation and infrastructure optimization Virtual machine deployment and management
• Infrastructure & System Integration Compute, storage, and networking integration Infrastructure architecture and platform lifecycle management System interoperability and platform onboarding
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting Platform monitoring and observability tools Performance analysis and proactive issue identification Incident management and root cause analysis
• Automation Shell scripting and automation fundamentals Basic Python scripting knowledge Experience with automation tools and operational efficiency initiatives

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience supporting enterprise-scale or telecom-grade platforms.
• Strong understanding of platform operations and reliability engineering principles.
• Experience working in highly available and mission-critical environments.

Preferred Skills

• Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Platforms
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tools
• Observability and monitoring platforms
• DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
• CI/CD pipeline exposure
• AI-powered operations, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and intelligent monitoring solutions

Soft Skills

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting capabilities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Customer-first mindset
• Focus on reliability, stability, and continuous improvement
• Ability to perform effectively under pressure in mission-critical environments

About HCLTech

HCLTech is a global technology company with over 226,000 employees across 60 countries. We deliver industry-leading capabilities in AI, digi