Senior Platform Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-07
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, SRE/Site Reliability, AWS
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join our dynamic Platform Engineering & Technology team. In this role, you will be a key player in designing, building, and maintaining the foundational infrastructure that powers our internal platforms and enables software development teams to deliver applications more efficiently, securely, and reliably, all within an Agile and Kanban-driven environment.
You will champion our "platform as a product" philosophy by creating robust, scalable, and automated solutions. As a senior member of the team, you will provide technical leadership, mentor other engineers, and drive the adoption of best practices in infrastructure management and automation.
Infrastructure Automation
- Design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
- Deep expertise in core AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, VPC, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, IAM, KMS, etc.
- Optimize AWS resource utilization and costs while maintaining performance and reliability
- Implement and enforce security best practices across all AWS environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and application issues in production and non-production environments
- Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term cloud strategy
- Architect, develop, and maintain robust, automated, and efficient CI/CD pipelines for various applications and services (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD)
- Implement strategies for continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment, including blue/green deployments, canary releases, and rollbacks
- Integrate security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines
- Drive the adoption of best practices for version control (Git), branching strategies, and pull request workflows
- Automate testing, build, deployment, and release processes to accelerate software delivery and improve reliability
- Champion a Dev Ops culture within the organization, promoting collaboration, shared responsibility, and continuous improvement
- Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual effort
- Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, Cloud Watch) to ensure platform health and performance
- Collaborate closely with development teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their growth and development
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decision-making processes
- Stay up-to-date with emerging AWS services, cloud technologies, and industry best practices
- Ensure that security and compliance are built into the product roadmap from the outset
- Work with security teams to ensure any changes or new deployment meet data protection and compliance requirements
- Incorporate security recommendations from vendors and hosting providers into the backlog
- Define KPIs and success metrics to measure platform effectiveness
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for our infrastructure, processes, and tools in Confluence
- Continuously assess and refine existing products to support evolving business needs
You’ll have a Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent. You’ll have significant experience (10+ years ideally) in a Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering role. We also expect you have around a minimum of 7+ years of hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and managing complex infrastructure on AWS.
You’ll be able to demonstrate strong experience building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines from scratch and optimizing existing ones.
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