Cloud Platform Engineer

SoTalent; United States; Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sotalent is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, automate, and manage cloud-native infrastructure supporting scalable, secure delivery of applications. You will optimize Kubernetes environments, implement GitOps workflows, and build IaC using Terraform across cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes reliability, observability, security, and collaboration with development teams to improve deployment speed and operational excellence.

Formación

• Strong experience managing production Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Hands-on with Argo CD, Flux or similar GitOps tools.
• Strong proficiency with Terraform for module development and state management.
• Knowledge of Helm package management for Kubernetes.
• Solid networking knowledge: DNS, load balancers, ingress, service mesh.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability practices.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsabilidades

• Manage and optimize production Kubernetes environments across cloud platforms.
• Perform cluster upgrades, scaling, lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
• Ensure platform reliability, availability, and performance through monitoring and maintenance.
• Support multi-environment deployments while maintaining security standards.
• Design and maintain GitOps workflows and deployment configurations.
• Develop Terraform modules and automate infrastructure deployment to improve scalability.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard services and optimize workflows.
• Create runbooks and technical documentation for operations.

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

GitOps (Argo CD/Flux)

Terraform (modules, state)

Helm

Networking concepts (DNS, load balanc,

Monitoring/observability

Documentation & stakeholder comms

Herramientas

Argo CD

Flux

Terraform

Helm

Descripción del empleo

Are you passionate about building and operating cloud-native platforms that enable scalable, secure, and reliable application delivery? We are seeking a Platform Engineer with strong Kubernetes, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise to help design, automate, and manage modern cloud infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to improve platform reliability, enhance developer productivity, and drive operational excellence across cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize production Kubernetes environments across cloud platforms.
• Perform cluster upgrades, scaling activities, lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
• Ensure platform reliability, availability, and performance through proactive monitoring and maintenance.
• Support multi-environment deployments while maintaining operational consistency and security standards.

GitOps & Deployment Automation

• Design, maintain, and enhance GitOps workflows using Argo CD or similar deployment technologies.
• Manage application deployment configurations, synchronization policies, and environment standardization.
• Establish deployment best practices and governance controls across development and production environments.
• Improve release automation and deployment reliability through continuous process enhancement.

Infrastructure as Code

• Develop, maintain, and enhance reusable Terraform modules to support cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• Implement infrastructure standards, state management strategies, and configuration consistency controls.
• Monitor and remediate infrastructure drift while ensuring compliance with engineering standards.
• Automate infrastructure deployment and management processes to improve efficiency and scalability.

Platform Reliability & Observability

• Monitor platform health, performance, and availability using modern observability tools.
• Investigate incidents, lead root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and identify opportunities for operational improvements.
• Continuously improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and platform resilience capabilities.
• Partner with application teams to onboard services and optimize deployment workflows.
• Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and self-service tooling.
• Provide guidance on platform usage, infrastructure best practices, and cloud-native architectures.
• Support engineering teams in adopting automation and operational excellence practices.

Security & Compliance

• Implement and maintain role-based access control (RBAC) policies and identity management controls.
• Design and enforce network security policies, secrets management, and access governance processes.
• Ensure platform security aligns with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Support security reviews, audits, and risk mitigation initiatives.

CI/CD & Automation

• Integrate platform capabilities with CI/CD pipelines to enable streamlined software delivery.
• Improve automation across build, deployment, testing, and operational workflows.
• Support continuous integration and deployment strategies that increase delivery speed and reliability.
• Drive adoption of infrastructure automation and DevOps best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience managing production Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with major cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Hands-on expertise with Argo CD, Flux, or other GitOps technologies.
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, including module development, state management, and infrastructure provisioning.
• Knowledge of Helm for Kubernetes package management.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including:
• DNS
• Load balancing
• Ingress controllers
• Service mesh architectures
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability practices.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multi-cluster or multi-region Kubernetes environments.
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
• Experience implementing Policy-as-Code and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud-native security and compliance practices.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects or platform engineering tools.
• Relevant cloud, Kubernetes, or DevOps certifications.