<p><b><u>About Us:</u></b></p><p><br /><span style="color:#14264d"><span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">insightsoftware is a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions that unlock the potential of business data and transform the way finance and data teams operate. We empower leaders from over 32,000 organizations to make timely and intelligent decisions. Our comprehensive solutions span Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Controllership, and Data and Analytics. We deliver finance teams the insights required to navigate any economic climate and drive greater financial intelligence, while increasing productivity, visibility, accuracy, and compliance. Learn more at </span><b><span style="font-size:14.6667px">insightsoftware.com.</span></b></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><u><b>Job Description:</b></u></p><p><b>Principal Platform Engineer</b></p><p><b>Location:</b> Remote, India | <b>Reports to:</b> Director, Cloud Delivery Platform (US-based)</p><p><b>Role Overview</b></p><p>Join our global platform engineering team as a senior technical contributor building an enterprise-scale cloud delivery platform. In this role, you will work closely with our existing North America and Europe-based architects to implement complex technical solutions, provide expertise in specialized areas, and contribute to the design of scalable, secure platform solutions supporting 50+ development teams.</p><p><b>Key Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li><b>Advanced Technical Implementation:</b> Build sophisticated platform and infrastructure automation solutions using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and cloud-native technologies</li><li><b>Technical Expertise & Consultation:</b> Provide deep technical knowledge in specialized areas, contributing to design decisions and supporting implementation approaches</li><li><b>Technology Adoption & Learning:</b> Quickly evaluate, learn, and implement new platform technologies as the platform evolves and expands to meet growing organizational needs</li><li><b>CI/CD Migration Implementation:</b> Execute conversion projects from Jenkins and Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions, automating manual steps, shifting left and eliminating waste in the process</li><li><b>Cross-Functional Partnership:</b> Work with IT, Security, and Operations teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise requirements and compliance frameworks</li><li><b>Code Quality & Standards:</b> Maintain high code quality through reviews, documentation as code, and adherence to platform engineering best practices</li><li><b>AI Fluency: </b>Comfortable leveraging AI Code Assistants to amplify skills and increase speed of delivery</li></ul><p><b>Required Qualifications</b></p><ul><li>7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering</li><li><b>Expert-level proficiency with core platform technologies:</b><ul><li>Infrastructure as Code: Terraform</li><li>Container Orchestration: Kubernetes and Helm</li><li>CI/CD: GitHub Actions, and familiarity with adoption/migration patterns from other orchestration frameworks (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)</li><li>Cloud Platforms: AWS / Azure expertise and familiarity with the relevant Cloud Adoption Frameworks</li><li>Cloud networking fundamentals, secrets management practices, and multi-tenant deployment patterns including network segmentation, secure credential handling, and tenant isolation strategies</li></ul></li><li>Strong <span>programming/scripting</span> skills in Python (required) and experience with modern software development practices</li><li><b>Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies</b> and adapt to evolving platform requirements</li><li><b>Ability to work effectively in remote environment</b> with strong self-direction and communication skills</li><li>Excellent English communication for collaboration with US-based leadership and global team members</li></ul><p><b>Preferred Qualifications & Specializations</b></p><p><b>Infrastructure Automation Specialization:</b></p><ul><li>Multi-cloud infrastructure patterns and infrastructure orchestration platforms</li><li>Advanced Kubernetes ecosystem tools (operators, service mesh technologies)</li><li>Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)</li><li>Infrastructure security, compliance automation, and policy-as-code frameworks</li><li>Experience with GCP, OCI, or other cloud platforms</li></ul><p><b>Developer Experience Specialization:</b></p><ul><li>Developer portal platforms or internal tooling development experience</li><li>Web development technologies and self-service platform design</li><li>GitOps workflows and deployment orchestration tools</li><li>Platform community building and developer onboarding experience</li></ul><p><b>CI/CD & Migration Specialization:</b></p><ul><li>Jenkins to GitHub Actions migration experience and pipeline optimization</li><li>GitOps methodologies and progressive delivery patterns</li><li>Advanced deployment strategies and automated testing frameworks</li><li>Azure DevOps migration and multi-platform CI/CD experience</li></ul><p><b>Observability & Reliability Specialization:</b></p><ul><li>DataDog platform expertise and enterprise observability architecture</li><li>Familiarity with popular / open-source observability frameworks</li><li>Site reliability engineering practices and incident response</li><li>Performance engineering and distributed systems monitoring</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#14264d"><b><span style="font-size:14px">Additional Information</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color:#14264d"><span style="font-size:14px">All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#14264d"><span style="font-size:14px">Learn more about our high-energy, high-performance global team: </span></span><a target="_blank" href="https://insightsoftware.com/work-with-us/"><span style="color:#0000ff"><u><span style="font-size:14px">Work With Us</span></u></span></a><span style="color:#14264d"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color:#14264d"><span style="font-size:14px">insightsoftware About Us: </span></span><a target="_blank" href="https://insightsoftware.wistia.com/medias/vzk90oshuy"><span style="color:#0000ff"><u><span style="font-size:14px">Hear From Our Team</span></u></span></a></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#14264d"><span style="font-size:14px">Background checks are required for employment with insightsoftware, where permitted by country, state/province.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#14264d"><span style="font-size:14px">At insightsoftware, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.</span></span></p>
