Platform Architect - 10+ Years - Gurgaon/Noida

Our Purpose

Xceedance (www.xceedance.com) is a global provider of strategic consulting and managed services, technology, data sciences and blockchain solutions to insurance organizations. Domiciled in Bermuda, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, India, and Australia, Xceedance helps insurers launch new products, drive operations, implement intelligent technology, deploy advanced analytic capabilities, and achieve business process optimization. The experienced insurance professionals at Xceedance enable insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and program administrators worldwide to enhance policyholder service, enter new markets, boost workflow productivity, and improve profitability. Xceedance has achieved phenomenal growth in the past six years — a tribute to the knowledge, scope and impact of our people around the world. Everyone is laser focused on delivering value to our customers. We are committed to the communities in which we live and work. We are driven by a culture of innovation and integrity. As a member of the Xceedance team, you can shape a fulfilling career, participate in exciting projects and impact the organization in meaningful ways. Count on strong support to develop skills, grow quickly and meet your professional aspirations. Relish working in a highly collaborative setting that features state-of- the-art resources, modern technology, and a comfortable, gratifying environment. Create solutions and fulfill your role alongside highly talented and dynamic colleagues who will motivate you to be agile and extremely productive. And enjoy the advantages of a superior benefits package.

Our Vision & Strategic Focus:

To help catalyze insurance ecosystems for the benefit of the society.

• Global Insurance expertise and a customer centric approach
• Vertical focused and technology enabled
• Learning Organization
• People – First Culture

Position Title: Platform Architect

Role Summary 

Work with us to build modern Insurtech AI underpinned solutions, we are a growing team of hands on architects striving to build high quality solutions for our internal and external customers. The Platform Architect designs and builds internal developer platforms and platform engineering capabilities across the Xceedance ecosystem, creating self-service platforms, toolchains, and abstractions enabling development teams to build, deploy, and operate applications efficiently with focus on developer experience and productivity.

Key Responsibilities 

Internal Developer Platform Strategy - Defines platform strategy and roadmap aligned with engineering needs, treating platform as a product serving internal development teams. Designs Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) providing self-service capabilities for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, monitoring, and security. Establishes platform abstractions including golden paths and paved roads guiding developers toward best practices while maintaining flexibility for specific requirements. Creates platform services enabling teams to focus on business logic rather than infrastructure complexity.

Kubernetes Platform Engineering - Architects enterprise Kubernetes platforms using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) as primary platform with multi-cluster designs for environment separation, geographic distribution, and high availability. Designs cluster architecture implementing namespaces for logical separation, resource quotas and limits, network policies for security, and pod security standards. Implements Kubernetes operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs) extending platform capabilities for application-specific requirements. Evaluates and implements service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) for advanced traffic management, observability, and security between microservices.

Platform Components & Tooling - Architects comprehensive platform components including Backstage developer portal for service catalogs, documentation, and self-service capabilities; GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Flux for declarative application delivery; Crossplane for infrastructure provisioning through Kubernetes APIs; and HashiCorp Vault for secrets management. Designs CI/CD pipelines integrated with platform services, observability stacks combining metrics (Prometheus), logging (Loki, ELK), and tracing (Jaeger, Tempo), and cost management tools providing visibility into platform resource consumption.

Infrastructure as Code & Policy - Implements Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for multi-cloud provisioning, Pulumi for developer-friendly infrastructure definitions, and Azure Bicep for Azure-native deployments. Designs policy as code frameworks using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for Kubernetes admission control, Kyverno for policy enforcement and governance, and Azure Policy for cloud resource compliance. Establishes GitOps workflows ensuring all infrastructure changes are version controlled, reviewed, and auditable.

Developer Experience Optimization - Focuses on improving developer productivity through self-service portals, standardized templates and scaffolding, automated environment provisioning, and streamlined deployment workflows. Designs platform APIs and CLIs enabling developers to interact programmatically with platform services. Creates comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and runbooks supporting platform adoption. Establishes feedback loops gathering developer input to continuously improve platform capabilities and user experience.

Security & Compliance - Implements platform security including role-based access control (RBAC), pod security policies, network segmentation, secrets management, image scanning, and vulnerability management. Designs compliance frameworks ensuring platform adheres to regulatory requirements including audit logging, data encryption, and access controls. Implements supply chain security through artifact signing, SBOM generation, and provenance tracking.

Observability & Reliability - Architects observability solutions providing comprehensive visibility into platform health, application performance, and resource utilization. Designs monitoring stacks collecting metrics from infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and applications with alerting for proactive issue detection. Implements distributed tracing enabling end-to-end request tracking across microservices. Establishes SLO/SLI frameworks measuring platform reliability and availability with automated incident response procedures.

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Architecture - Designs platform capabilities supporting Azure as primary cloud with strategic use Google Cloud where appropriate. Implements hybrid cloud patterns connecting on-premises systems with cloud platforms through secure connectivity and consistent deployment models. Designs disaster recovery strategies ensuring platform resilience and business continuity.

Platform Enablement & Adoption - Collaborates with development teams, SRE teams, and security teams to understand requirements and deliver platform capabilities meeting organizational needs. Provides training and enablement helping teams adopt platform services effectively. Establishes communities of practice sharing platform knowledge and best practices. Measures platform adoption metrics including service utilization, developer satisfaction, and time-to-production improvements.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement - Stays current with platform engineering trends including platform engineering maturity models, emerging Kubernetes ecosystem tools, and cloud-native technologies. Evaluates new capabilities including WebAssembly for edge computing, eBPF for advanced networking and security, and serverless platforms for specific workloads. Drives platform evolution through experimentation, proof-of-concepts, and incremental improvements based on user feedback.

Required Skills 

Platform Engineering & Architecture - Internal Developer Platform (IDP) concepts, Platform as a Product mindset, developer experience optimization, golden paths and paved roads, self-service infrastructure, and platform API design.

Kubernetes & Containers - Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, multi-cluster designs, operators and CRDs, Helm charts, Kustomize, service mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Consul), container runtime security, and pod security standards.

Platform Components & Tools - Backstage developer portal, ArgoCD and Flux for GitOps, Crossplane for infrastructure provisioning, HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, Terraform and Pulumi for IaC, and container registries (Harbor, Azure Container Registry).

Cloud Platforms - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, Azure services (Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Key Vault), AWS EKS, Google GKE, and hybrid cloud patterns.

CI/CD & Automation - GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins, Tekton, pipeline-as-code patterns, automated testing, and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, progressive delivery).

Observability & Monitoring - Prometheus and Grafana, ELK/EFK stack, Loki for log aggregation, Jaeger and Tempo for distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.

Security & Policy - Kubernetes RBAC, pod security policies, OPA for admission control, Kyverno for policy enforcement, Falco for runtime security, image scanning (Trivy, Anchore), and secrets management.

Networking - Kubernetes networking (CNI plugins, network policies), service mesh concepts, ingress controllers (NGINX, Traefik), load balancing, and DNS management.

Required Experience 

7+ years in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles. 3+ years building internal platforms. Deep Kubernetes and container expertise. 

Certifications 

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate. Valuable additions: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), CNCF Certified GitOps Associate, Istio Certified Associate.

Key Competencies

Platform Product Mindset - Treating platform as product serving internal customers, gathering feedback, measuring satisfaction, prioritizing features, and continuously improving based on user needs.

Technical Leadership - Leading platform architecture decisions, establishing standards, mentoring platform engineers, and evangelizing platform adoption across organization.

Developer Empathy - Understanding developer workflows, pain points, and needs to design platform capabilities improving productivity and reducing cognitive load.

Innovation & Learning - Staying current with CNCF ecosystem, platform engineering patterns, cloud-native technologies, and emerging capabilities driving platform evolution.

What We Offer You

At Xceedance, you will discover the possibility to exceed yourself and grow persistently with us. We offer career development opportunities to our members for a well-rounded development throughout their journey with us.