Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Automation

Samaritan's Purse; Boone (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site Medical Clinic

Flexible Spending Account

Disability insurance

Paid Family Medical Leave

Term Life Insurance

401(k)

10 paid holidays

12 vacation/personal days

Job summary

Samaritan's Purse in Boone, NC is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Information Technology team on-site. The role focuses on designing, managing, and securing scalable cloud infrastructure across on-prem and off-prem environments to support ministry systems.

You will automate provisioning with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Ansible, monitor infrastructure, and collaborate with Security and Systems Administration to maintain availability and security. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or certificate in a related field with 5–7 years in DevOps or Platform Engineering (or 7+ years in IT).
• Strong Linux administration and infrastructure automation experience (Ansible, Chef, Puppet; Bash/PowerShell/Python).
• Experience with virtualization and container platforms (VMware, oVirt, Hyper-V, Docker, Kubernetes) and firewall concepts.
• Experience with security and observability tools and logging/monitoring (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, CollectD).
• 12 credit hours of Biblical Studies; if not completed, opportunity to fulfill on hire.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Automate provisioning and deployment using Terraform and Ansible; implement CI workflows.
• Monitor cloud platforms, servers, networks, and security controls; troubleshoot issues with IT teams.
• Gather requirements with management and stakeholders; ensure resources meet organizational needs.
• Support governance by maintaining standards and evaluating costs for new systems.

Skills

Linux admin

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python)

Cloud concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or related certificate

Biblical Studies 12 credit hours

Tools

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

VMware

oVirt

Hyper-V

Docker

Kubernetes

ELK

Grafana

Prometheus

CollectD

Terraform

Job description

Samaritan's Purse in Boone, NC is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Information Technology team on-site. The role focuses on designing, managing, and securing scalable cloud infrastructure across on-prem and off-prem environments to support ministry systems.

You will automate provisioning with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Ansible, monitor infrastructure, and collaborate with Security and Systems Administration to maintain availability and security. Fluency in English is required.