Platform Engineer: Cloud, IoT & Security (Hybrid, Manila)

Veridapt; Manila, Hinoba-an; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

6-month contract

Based in Manila, Philippines

Hybrid working arrangement

Job summary

VERIDAPT is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team in Manila, Philippines. This hybrid role lets you work from home while connecting with the team in person at company events.

You’ll own a broad technical environment spanning cloud infrastructure, incident response, PostgreSQL, networking and security. You’ll collaborate across AWS, on-prem migrations, IoT fleet operations and automation with Ansible/AWX, Grafana and other monitoring tools, mentoring

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure or Systems Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, networking and production environments
• Advanced Linux systems administration
• Strong Infrastructure as Code and automation experience, particularly Ansible/AWX
• Strong PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, replication, migrations and performance tuning
• Solid networking knowledge across VPNs, firewalls, DNS, routing and IP networking
• Experience with monitoring, logging and observability platforms
• Demonstrated experience managing production incidents and troubleshooting complex systems
• Practical cybersecurity, vulnerability management and security incident-response experience
• Strong scripting capability, ideally Python, Bash or similar
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work directly with customers and mentor other engineers

Responsibilities

• Managing and evolving our cloud infrastructure across AWS and Vultr
• Leading infrastructure migrations, including on-premise to SaaS and database upgrades
• Owning production incidents end-to-end, including SaaS outages, connectivity issues and database incidents
• Participating in the PagerDuty on-call rotation and contributing to post-incident reviews
• Administering PostgreSQL environments, including replication, backups, migrations and performance tuning
• Managing network and security infrastructure including OPNsense/MikroTik firewalls, WireGuard, Netbird and IPSec VPNs
• Supporting vulnerability management, SIEM monitoring and security incident response
• Provisioning, upgrading and troubleshooting IoT devices deployed at remote customer sites
• Building and maintaining automation using Ansible and AWX
• Improving monitoring and observability using tools such as Grafana, Graylog/VictoriaLogs, Zabbix and LogicMonitor
• Running scheduled SaaS maintenance windows and working directly with customer IT teams
• Reviewing peers’ work, improving runbooks and mentoring other engineers

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps

SRE

Linux administration

Ansible/AWX

PostgreSQL administration

Networking

Security incident response

Python/Bash scripting

Customer mentoring

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

AWS

Vultr

PostgreSQL

OPNsense

MikroTik

WireGuard

Netbird

IPSec VPNs

Ansible/AWX

Grafana

Zabbix

LogicMonitor

Job description

VERIDAPT is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team in Manila, Philippines. This hybrid role lets you work from home while connecting with the team in person at company events.

You’ll own a broad technical environment spanning cloud infrastructure, incident response, PostgreSQL, networking and security. You’ll collaborate across AWS, on-prem migrations, IoT fleet operations and automation with Ansible/AWX, Grafana and other monitoring tools, mentoring