Platform Engineer

At Core Site, we empower a more connected future through high-performance data centers and interconnection solutions. Recognized as a trusted partner in digital transformation, our strategically located facilities and innovative services enable businesses to connect, collaborate, and grow in an ever‑evolving technological landscape.

Our culture is defined by operational excellence and a relentless drive for innovation. We foster a collaborative environment where every team member is valued, wins are celebrated as a team, and ownership is part of our DNA. At Core Site, we are creating a community of forward‑thinkers committed to solving complex challenges and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

As a member of Core Site’s IT Solutions team, the Platform Engineer is responsible for the development and enhancement of a scalable, reliable, and secure software delivery platform. This engineer will design, automate, and optimize the platforms that support our developer experience, applications, and services. The role collaborates across the IT organization to enhance developer productivity, improve system reliability, and ensure a smooth path from code to production.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable platforms to support the developer experience and system operations.
• Develop automation tools and self‑service capabilities that improve developer workflows and reduce operational overhead.
• Ensure platform reliability and performance through monitoring, alerting, and proactive capacity planning.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to design CI/CD pipelines that service cloud, SaaS, and on‑premises systems.
• Implement and enforce best practices for cloud infrastructure and security compliance.
• Manage and optimize infrastructure resources across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues. Drive incident management, root‑cause analysis, and long‑term solutions.
• Continuously evaluate new technologies, tools, and approaches to improve platform capabilities.
• Perform regular releases according to the IT Solutions release calendar.
• Assist in supporting the applications and infrastructure that the Dev Ops Team administers.
• Support the QA Engineers in the development of the automated test suite framework.
• Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with Core Site’s culture and guiding principles.
• Lead special projects as assigned.

• Strong communication skills at technical and business levels, and the ability to interact with people at all organizational levels.
• Self‑starting, self‑motivated, driven individual.
• Ability to pivot easily within a constantly changing Agile environment.
• Experience with multiple programming languages (C#, Python, Node.js, etc.).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Bit Bucket Pipelines, Groovy, Maven, Octopus Deploy, etc.).
• Experience with Salesforce a plus.
• Experience with database platforms a plus (SQL Server, Oracle).
• Experience with AWS a plus.
• Ability to analyze requirements, retrieve source data, and present accurate results in a timely manner.
• Accomplished in using best practices for gathering and documenting complete and detailed requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field preferred.
• 5+ years overall experience, including:
• 4+ years with Dev Ops disciplines such as CI/CD.
• 2+ years with Platform Engineering.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Base salary between $115,000 and $135,000 annually. Eligible for an annual bonus and equity, based on individual and company performance.

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