Platform Engineer

Role: Senior System / Platform Engineer

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

As a Senior System / Platform Engineer, you will:

• 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

The following skills will be considered a strong advantage:

• 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

We're looking for professionals who demonstrate:

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision