Senior Platform Engineer

Job Description Summary

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will help to design, build, and maintain software platforms. You will be responsible for configuring and customizing the platform to meet the organization’s needs, developing and maintaining applications, workflows, and integrations, and ensuring the platform’s stability, security, and performance. Additionally, you will collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, build out solution designs, and ensure the scalability and efficiency of platform architectures.

This role involves automating tasks to improve efficiency and troubleshooting technical issues to ensure successful implementation and utilization of the platform. Your efforts will enable the organization to streamline processes, improve service delivery, and enhance overall productivity.

• Design, implement, and manage software platforms, including applications, workflows, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, build solution designs, and ensure scalability, resiliency, and efficiency of platform architectures.
• Ensure the security of the platform and the data it handles by implementing security controls to protect sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access.
• Develop and implement platform strategies to improve efficiency through automation and enhance user and developer experience.
• Monitor system performance and health, troubleshoot technical issues, and provide technical support for cloud-based services.
• Create system guidelines, process documentation, and training materials for the organization.
• Install, upgrade, and maintain underlying infrastructure, enabling systems with automated monitoring and alerting.
• Understand and respond to emerging requirements and ambiguous technology decisions.
• Design, implement and deliver cloud-based solutions at scale for a global organization supporting multiple entities, tailored to meet organizational needs, and support technology stack refresh when required, with security and process as a critical requirement.
• Manage IT and business unit projects related to collaboration solutions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and migrations.
• Maintain and improve continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes and pipelines.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, a related field or equivalent education/experience and 5-7 years of related work experience.
• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role.
• Proficiency in working with containers and supporting tools.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, Dev Ops processes and automation of services.
• Proficiency with AWS and HPE Greenlake.
• Proficiency with modern platform technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices such as Harness, AWS Code Pipeline, etc.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools such as Python, Bash/Shell, etc.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to apply critical thinking to business demands.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Holistic understanding of the internet and hosting from the network layer up through the application layer.
• Flexibility and adaptability to change, and continuous learning mindset.

• Working experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
• Knowledge of security best practices in platform engineering.
• Certifications in cloud platforms.
• Ability to mentor others.

• On call may be required.
• Hybrid/Office environment.
• Minimal travel.

The salary for this position generally ranges between $115,000 and $120,000 annually. This range is a good faith estimate; actual starting pay is determined by qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law. Additionally, the position is typically eligible for an annual bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan and individual performance, at the Company’s discretion.

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