Job Title: Senior IT Platform Engineer (Fintech)

## About the role We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior IT Platform Engineer to lead and oversee enterprise IT operations, cloud infrastructure, DevOps and DevSecOps practices, and software engineering platform enablement within a fast-growing fintech environment. The successful candidate will act as the technical authority responsible for building scalable, secure, and resilient platforms that support financial services operations, including the scaling of our Agency Banking Management System and Terminal Management System (TMS). This role requires deep expertise in high-availability systems, transaction processing environments, and secure digital payment infrastructure. ## Responsibilities ### Platform Engineering & Architecture - Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and secure platform infrastructure for fintech operations. - Architect cloud-native and hybrid solutions across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments. - Build and scale platforms supporting high-volume financial transactions, agency banking systems, and terminal management systems (TMS). - Develop reusable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep. - Standardize platform environments for development, staging, and production. - Implement container orchestration solutions (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, OpenShift). - Define platform reliability, scalability, and observability standards aligned with financial service uptime requirements. ### IT Operations Leadership - Overseer day-to-day IT infrastructure operations including servers, cloud environments, and network systems supporting payment services. - Ensure high system availability (99.9%+ uptime), performance optimization, and disaster recovery readiness. - Lead incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and resolution of production issues impacting financial transactions. - Implement monitoring and alerting frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack). - Define and manage RTO/RPO targets and business continuity strategies for critical fintech systems. - Drive ITIL-based service management best practices. ### DevOps & CI/CD Engineering - Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps. - Implement GitOps practices using tools like ArgoCD. - Automate build, testing, and deployment pipelines across environments. - Establish release management frameworks for fintech applications. - Improve deployment frequency while maintaining system stability for transaction platforms. - Promote infrastructure automation and configuration management. ### DevSecOps & Security Integration - Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency and container scanning). - Ensure compliance with fintech regulatory and security standards (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NDPR, etc.). - Implement secure key and secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault). - Enforce Zero Trust architecture principles across