Staff Platform Engineer

Securonix Unified Defense SIEM

six-time leader

cybersecurity unicorn

At Securonix, we are driven by our core values and place our people at the heart of everything we do:

• Winning as One Team:

  We work together with universal respect to achieve aligned outcomes.

• Customer Driven Innovation:

  We innovate to stay ahead of the market and create value for our customers.

• Agility in Action:

  We embrace change and are unified in our purpose and objectives amidst change.

Join us as we redefine cybersecurity, innovate fearlessly, and grow together as one team.

Summary -

The Staff Platform Engineer will be responsible for designing and deploying AWS Infrastructure based on the customer's requirements to deliver analytical solutions. This role will work closely with the engineering Directors, Clients, and Managed Services teams.

Role: Staff Platform Engineer

Location: Pune

Position Summary -

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and high-performance AWS cloud environments to support diverse workloads.
• Develop automation-first solutions for cloud data services provisioning, integrating IAM, networking, security policies as code, and observability from the ground up.
• Collaborate with developers and internal stakeholders to deliver automated, cloud-native, and AI-ready solutions.
• Implement fully automated, resilient, and observable infrastructure with FinOps best practices to enable cloud IaaS and PaaS services.
• Architect BYOC and BYOK solutions ensure compliance with security and governance policies.
• Develop cloud-native and hybrid architectures for

  Big Data applications, Snowflake, Hadoop, Kafka, and Solr

  .
• Ensure the integration of

  security analytics

  to monitor and protect cloud infrastructure.
• Implement

  IaC

  using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK for provisioning cloud resources.
• Automate cloud infrastructure deployment and configuration to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and AWS CodePipeline.
• Design and deploy containerized workloads using

  Amazon EKS

  and best practices for microservices architecture.
• Optimize Kubernetes workloads, including security policies, networking, and auto-scaling.
• Implement Kubernetes observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Architect and enforce

  security best practices

  for data protection, IAM policies, encryption (BYOK), and network security.
• Implement

  zero-trust security

  and compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR).
• Leverage AWS security services (GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, IAM, AWS KMS) to enhance security postures.
• Design security monitoring and

  analytics solutions

  for threat detection and incident response.
• Design and optimize AWS infrastructure for

  Hadoop, Snowflake, and Big Data workloads

  .
• Architect scalable

  Kafka and Solr

  clusters for real-time data processing and search indexing.
• Implement

  data lake and warehouse strategies

  integrating Snowflake,
• Optimize AWS resources for cost-efficiency using AWS Cost Explorer, Savings Plans, and auto-scaling.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting strategies with CloudWatch, Datadog, and ELK stack, loki and fluentbit
• Conduct capacity planning and infrastructure rightsizing for performance tuning.
• Work closely with security, data, DevOps, and development teams to align cloud strategy with business needs.
• Provide architectural guidance, documentation, and mentorship to teams.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging AWS technologies to enhance cloud capabilities.
• Lead initiatives to enhance infrastructure reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Maintain detailed documentation for automation workflows, system changes, and platform configurations.

Qualifications -

• Minimum 8+ years of relevant working experience.
• Experience in Aws services, cloud-native security, monitoring and logging tools, and Well-Architected Data Framework principles
• Experience with various CI/CD methodologies, container orchestration tools, and observability and performance monitoring technologies.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Expertise in designing secure, scalable architectures for

  BYOC, BYOK, Snowflake, Big Data, and Kubernetes

  .
• Strong knowledge of

  AWS networking, IAM, security frameworks, encryption (BYOK), and compliance standards

  .
• Deep understanding of

  Kafka, Solr, Hadoop, and security analytics platforms

  .
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, ANSIBLE.
• Experience in

  cloud cost management and FinOps

  .
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform as mandatory.
• Expertise in end-to-end applications hosted on Kubernetes, emphasizing scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and cloud security.
• Experience in Cloud logging, monitoring, and observability tools
• Cloud provisioning and configuration technologies (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Packer, AWS CloudFormation)
• Strong understanding of AWS billing and ability to provide cost-optimal architectural designs
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate and explain the design/deployment strategy to both technical & non-technical audiences
• Good working knowledge of processes and procedures (like ITIL)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work in a global team.
• Minimum of a 4-year degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

Preferred:

• AWS Certified

  Solutions Architect Professional

  or

  AWS Security Specialty

• Experience with AI-driven security analytics and AWS-native threat detection tools.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark, EMR, and AI/ML workloads on AWS.

Benefits -

As a full-time employee with Securonix, you will be eligible for the following employee benefits:

• Health Insurance with a total sum insured is INR 7,50,000
• Coverage: Self, Spouse, 2 kids, Dependent parents, or parents-in-law
• Personal Accident with total sum insured is INR 10,00,000
• Term Life Insurance with a sum assured for employees is 5 times fixed base pay is covered.

Securonix, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Securonix complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Securonix expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Securonix employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.