Platform Engineer
Pubblicato il 16-09-2026 - HCLTech in Lazio
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
- 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 techno