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Platform Engineering Architect

Gran Manibus Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo January 21 2025
  • 💴 No salary range given
  • 🏡
    Partially remote
  • 🌏
    Apply from abroad
    No relocation support
  • 💬
    Fluent Japanese
    Business English
  • 🧪
    Senior level
    8+ years experience required

About Gran Manibus

Gran Manibus Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Gran Manibus is a boutique consulting firm under SCSK, one of Japan's premier IT services companies, and Sumitomo Group, one of the largest Japanese trading companies.

Key benefits

  • Internationally-minded executive team
  • Startup environment without the financial uncertainty
  • We already have a global network

About the position

As a Platform Engineering Architect, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the client’s core infrastructure. This role requires a deep understanding of modern infrastructure technologies, cloud services, and automation. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, and product management, to translate strategic vision into technology.

Responsibilities

  • Design and Build: Develop and maintain the core infrastructure of our platform, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and secure.
  • Automation: Implement automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes.
  • Monitoring and Performance: Set up and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure the health and performance of the platform.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with software engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to design and implement new features and services.
  • Security: Implement and maintain best practices for security and compliance.
  • Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve infrastructure-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.
  • Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, processes, and best practices.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
  • Proficient in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins).
  • Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, or Bash.
  • Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog.
  • Understanding of security best practices and experience implementing them in cloud environments.
  • Excellent communication skills. Inspire and lead people toward the goal. Create and harvest culture to embrace success or failure to build a better tomorrow.
  • Extremely hands-on.
  • Fluent Japanese skills.
  • Comfortable to deal with ambiguity.
  • Self-directed and take ownership.

Hiring Process

  1. 1

    Casual interview

    We will provide further details of the employment conditions during this interview.

  2. 2

    Technical interview

  3. 3

    Manager interview

    Focused on soft skills

  4. 4

    CEO interview

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