# Lead Java Platform Engineer - GCP, Kubernetes & CI/CD

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

As a Lead Java Platform Engineer, you will design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications using Java and Spring Boot. You will work with architects, product teams, and platform engineers to build scalable solutions, implementing modern DevOps and GitOps practices.

## Responsibilities

- Design, develop, test, and deploy Java-based microservices using Spring Boot.

- Build cloud-native solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.

- Develop and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using Tekton, Cloud Build, and Argo CD.

- Implement GitOps practices and deployment automation across multiple environments.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

- Define and implement architecture patterns that support scalability, availability, observability, and resilience.

- Manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

- Optimize application performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.

- Design and maintain PostgreSQL databases, including schema design and query optimization.

- Integrate SonarQube into development workflows to improve code quality, security, and maintainability.

- Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement initiatives.

- Establish and promote engineering best practices for cloud-native development and CI/CD adoption.

## Qualifications

- Minimum 7 years of professional software development experience.

- Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.

- Experience designing, developing, and deploying microservices architectures.

- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

- Strong expertise in Docker and Kubernetes, including deployment, orchestration, and troubleshooting.

- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Tekton, Cloud Build, and Argo CD.

- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, including relational database design, indexing, and query optimization.

- Experience using SonarQube for code quality analysis, security scanning, and governance.

- Knowledge of software design principles, application scalability, and resilience patterns.

- Experience working in Agile development environments.

### Preferred

- Experience implementing GitOps methodologies.

- Exposure to cloud security and infrastructure automation practices.

- Experience with observability and monitoring tools.

- Knowledge of enterprise-scale platform engineering practices.

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- PostgreSQL
- SonarQube
- Tekton
- Cloud Build
- Argo CD

### Nice to have
- GitOps
- cloud security
- infrastructure automation
- observability and monitoring tools
- enterprise-scale platform engineering practices

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