Staff Platform Engineer
Role Overview
At JazzX, we are building a modern cloud-native platform ecosystem focused on scalability, reliability, automation, security, and developer self-service. Our platform leverages Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare, AI/LLM-driven operations, and Agentic workflows to automate infrastructure management, deployment operations, incident response, platform intelligence, and customer instance lifecycle management.
We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Platform Engineer to lead the architecture, automation, scalability, and operational maturity of our platform infrastructure and engineering ecosystem. This role requires deep expertise across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, DevOps, platform engineering, security, and intelligent automation.
As a senior technical leader, you will drive platform strategy, define engineering standards, mentor engineers, and build highly scalable and resilient systems that improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, security, and customer experience.
Platform Architecture, Engineering & Reliability
Architect and build scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native platforms on Microsoft Azure
Design and manage infrastructure automation using Terraform, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Build and improve CI/CD systems, deployment orchestration, environment provisioning, and self-service developer platforms
Design secure networking and authentication systems using Cloudflare, API gateways, private networking, and Zero Trust principles
Drive platform reliability, scalability, observability, security, and operational excellence across production environments
Lead incident management, root cause analysis, operational governance, deployment reliability, and resiliency improvements
Build AI/LLM and Agentic operational workflows for troubleshooting, automation, operational insights, and intelligent platform management
Improve operational efficiency through automation, intelligent tooling, anomaly detection, and cloud cost optimization
Strong hands-on coding experience in Python, Go, or modern programming languages with strong system design and problem-solving fundamentals
Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, networking, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and platform engineering principles
Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service systems, operational tooling, and AI-assisted engineering workflows
Strong understanding of SDLC, DevOps practices, Agile methodologies, release governance, and production operational models
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across infrastructure, cloud, deployment, networking, and application layers
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to define platform standards and long-term technical strategy
Improve developer experience, platform adoption, deployment reliability, and operational maturity across teams
Lead architecture discussions, operational reviews, and production readiness initiatives
Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices across platform and infrastructure domains
Drive engineering culture around automation, scalability, reliability, operational excellence, and platform standardization
Strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills
Experience
10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering
Extensive experience managing large-scale production environments on Microsoft Azure
Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, GitOps, Terraform, and cloud-native systems
Experience building enterprise-grade CI/CD and deployment automation platforms
Experience driving operational excellence, observability, reliability engineering, and infrastructure automation initiatives
Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers
Experience with AI/LLM workflows, coding agents, and intelligent automation systems is a strong plus
Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure, Azure Networking, VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Private Endpoints, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, Azure API Management, Azure Entra ID, Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
Infra, DevOps, Automation and Building Platform
Terraform,GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline Design, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps, Python / Go any programming language
Networking & Security
Cloudflare Gateway / WAF, API Security, Authentication & Authorization, SSO Integration (Okta, Entra ID), Network Security and Zero Trust concepts
Observability & Operations
Monitoring and Alerting, Logging and Tracing, Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis, Reliability Engineering
AI & Platform Intelligence
LLM-based operational workflows, Agentic automation systems, AI-assisted incident analysis and remediation, Intelligent anomaly detection and operational insights
Nice To Have
Kubernetes ecosystem tools, Service Mesh, Vector databases, MCP/Agentic orchestration frameworks, FinOps and cloud cost optimization tools