About Saarthee:
Saarthee is a Global Strategy, Analytics, Technology and AI consulting company, where our passion for helping others fuels our approach and our products and solutions. We are a onestop shop for all things data and analytics. Unlike other analytics consulting firms that are technology or platform specific, Saarthee’s holistic and tool agnostic approach is unique in the marketplace. Our Consulting Value Chain framework meets our customers where they are in their data journey. Our diverse and global team work with one objective in mind: Our Customers’ Success. At Saarthee, we are passionate about guiding organizations towards insights fueled success. That’s why we call ourselves Saarthee–inspired by the Sanskrit word ‘Saarthi’, which means charioteer, trusted guide, or companion. Cofounded in 2015 by Mrinal Prasad and Shikha Miglani, Saarthee already encompasses all the components of Data Analytics consulting. Saarthee is based out of Philadelphia, USA with office in UK and India
Position Summary
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We are looking for a Platform Engineer to work as an Individual Contributor (IC) responsible for building, scaling, and operating cloud infrastructure and platform services. The ideal candidate will drive automation, reliability, and security across cloud environments while enabling engineering teams with reusable platform capabilities. This role requires strong expertise in AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and distributed systems, along with a mindset of ownership and operational excellence.
Your Role Responsibilities and Duties:
Design, build, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including reusable modules and environment templates
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth deployment and release management
Automate infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational workflows
Manage cloud networking, IAM, secrets, and secure service-to-service communication
Enhance platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, and observability tools
Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, deployment failures, and system bottlenecks
Collaborate with engineering teams to create standardized deployment and onboarding frameworks
Improve platform security using best practices like encryption, least privilege access, and compliance controls
Support and maintain platform components such as API gateways, event streaming systems (Kafka), and observability stacks
Create documentation, architecture designs, and operational guidelines
Drive automation and reduce manual effort through self-service tools and standardized workflows
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices in cloud and platform engineering
Required Skills and Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
7–12 years of experience in Platform Engineering / DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure
Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud architecture
Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab preferred)
Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or similar
Strong understanding of cloud networking, IAM, and security best practices
Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident management
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in distributed systems
Kubernetes or Terraform certifications are a plus.
