- *Role \#1: Platform Lead (India Lead – Senior)**
Platform Lead / Cloud \& Infrastructure Engineering Lead (India)
India (Bangalore preferred)
The Platform Lead serves as the **primary India\-based senior engineering counterpart** to the Boeing platform engineering team. This role is critical to maintaining real\-time collaboration across time zones, eliminating latency in decision\-making, and ensuring continuous momentum across a fixed\-price, milestone\-driven engagement.
The role owns **cluster\-level platform engineering and infrastructure build\-out**, while also leading knowledge transfer, governance, and platform maturity across all delivery phases.
- *1\. Real\-Time Engineering Leadership \& Collaboration**
- Maintain **6\-hour overlap (Mon/Tue/Thu, 6:00–11:00 AM PST)** with Boeing India team
- Serve as **primary decision\-making authority** during overlap hours
- Pair daily with Boeing engineers for:
+ Debugging and troubleshooting
+ Design validation
+ Hands\-on knowledge transfer
- Eliminate cross\-timezone delays by resolving blockers **in\-session**
- *2\. Phase 2 – Platform Build (Primary Ownership)**
Own the **cluster\-level infrastructure and foundation platform track**, including:
- *Kubernetes \& Cloud Infrastructure**
- AKS cluster provisioning in **Azure Government/EIC environments**
- Cluster configuration: networking, node pools, policy enforcement
- Design and implement **production\-grade Terraform modules**
- Manage:
+ State architecture (remote state, locking)
+ Workspace strategies
+ Modularized infrastructure patterns
- *Platform Core Capabilities**
- DNS automation for delegated zones
- IAM/RBAC model design \& implementation
- Cluster lifecycle management (upgrade, patching, drift detection)
- ArgoCD pipeline architecture and deployment
- Standardized GitOps workflows and repo design
- *Golden Path Enablement**
- Define and implement **developer onboarding templates**
- Align platform patterns with developer experience goals
- *3\. Phase 3 – Platform Maturity \& Transition**
- Expand **policy\-as\-code coverage** (OPA, Kyverno)
- Support **Operational Readiness Assessment (ORA)**
- Lead formal **Knowledge Transfer Program**, covering:
+ Cluster provisioning
+ Control plane operations
+ Upgrade procedures
+ GitOps workflows
* Ensure all artifacts are
+ Production\-ready
+ Documented
+ Handover\-complete
- *4\. Governance \& Co\-Delivery Model**
- Co\-author all deliverables with **Boeing India FTEs**
- Enforce alignment with:
+ Foundational repo structures (Phase 1\)
+ Security and compliance standards
* Ensure adherence to
+ Fixed milestone timeline
+ Engineering quality benchmarks
- *Required Skills \& Experience**
- 7\+ years in **platform engineering / cloud infrastructure**
- Strong enterprise experience in **regulated/government environments**
- Kubernetes (AKS preferred, EKS acceptable)
- Terraform (advanced level):
+ Module design
+ State management
+ Enterprise governance patterns
- GitOps tools (ArgoCD preferred, Flux acceptable)
- CI/CD pipelines (GitLab strongly preferred)
- Policy\-as\-code (OPA, Kyverno)
- Azure (Gov cloud experience preferred)
- IAM and RBAC models
- Security/compliance\-first architecture
- *Leadership Expectations**
- Operates as a **senior autonomous engineer**
- Makes **real\-time technical decisions without escalation**
- Drives paired engineering model effectively
- Removes delivery bottlenecks proactively
- Zero blocker carryover due to time\-zone gaps
- On\-time delivery of Phase 2 milestones
- High\-quality, reusable Terraform modules and platform assets
- Successful knowledge transfer and operational readiness
- Platform adoption by Boeing India engineers
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- *Range of Year Experience\-Min Year**
7
- *Range of Year Experience\-Max Year**
10