Sr Platform Engineer; Contractor

Position: Sr Platform Engineer (Contractor)
* Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS that supports the organization's internal development platform and production workloads.
* Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control of infrastructure.
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation to enable efficient and reliable software delivery across multiple environments.
* Establish and maintain platform observability through comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.
* Design and implement container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes or similar technologies to support microservices architecture and workload management.
* Implement and enforce security best practices across the platform, including network security, access controls, secrets management, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.
* Optimize platform performance, cost, and resource utilization through continuous analysis and improvement of infrastructure components.
* Collaborate with development teams to define platform requirements, SLAs, and service level objectives (SLOs) that support application needs.
* Build self-service platform capabilities and APIs that enable development teams to provision and manage infrastructure resources independently.
* Develop disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including backup solutions and incident response procedures.
* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to platform and operations teams on infrastructure best practices and emerging technologies.
* Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures.
* ** 5+ years
** of experience in platform engineering, site reliability engineering, Dev Ops, or infrastructure engineering roles.
* Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing production-grade cloud infrastructure on AWS (required).
* Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (required).
* Extensive experience with
** containerization technologies** (Docker, Podman) and
** container orchestration platforms** (Kubernetes, ECS, or similar).
* Deep understanding of
** CI/CD principles
** and hands-on experience building and maintaining automated deployment pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, or Azure Dev Ops.
* Strong proficiency in Python for automation and tooling development (required).
* Experience with
** configuration management tools
** like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Salt.
* Strong understanding of
** networking concepts**,
** security principles**, and
** cloud architecture best practices**.
* Excellent
** troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
** with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
* Excellent
** communication and collaboration skills
** with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
* Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive
** technical documentation**.
* Advanced proficiency in Python for building platform automation, tooling, and infrastructure management solutions.
* Experience with Go is a plus.
* Experience with
** service mesh technologies** (Istio, Linkerd, Consul) and API gateway solutions.
* Hands-on experience with
** observability and monitoring tools
** such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, ELK Stack, or Splunk.
* Knowledge of
** database administration and management
** for both SQL and No

SQL databases in cloud environments.
* Experience implementing
** Git Ops workflows
** using tools like ArgoCD, Flux, or similar.
* Strong understanding of
** cloud-native architecture patterns**,
** microservices design**, and
** distributed systems**.
* Experience with
** secrets management solutions** (Hashi Corp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault).
* Knowledge of
** compliance frameworks and security standards** (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
* Experience with
** infrastructure cost optimization
** and
** Fin Ops practices**.
* Familiarity with
** chaos engineering principles
** and
** resiliency testing**.
* Strong
** incident management
** and
** on-call experience
** with proven ability to lead incident response and post-mortem activities.
* AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer, or Sys Ops Administrator) is highly preferred.
* ** Linux/Unix:
** Expert-level understanding of Linux/Unix systems, system administration, and performance tuning
* ** Python (Required):
** Expert-level proficiency for infrastructure automation and tooling development;
Bash scripting experience
* ** Terraform (Required):
** Expert-level proficiency for managing cloud infrastructure;
Cloud Formation familiarity is a plus
* ** AWS (Required):
** Extensive hands-on experience with VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, Cloud Watch, and AWS well-architected framework
* ** Containerization:
** Deep expertise in Docker and…