Lead Platform Engineer

Talentify; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin International is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer for the U.S. headquarters in the Kansas City metro. You will lead automation, platform operations, and CI/CD initiatives across cloud and on-prem environments, owning complex infrastructure and integrations.

Strong hands-on expertise in Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Linux is required, with a focus on reliability and scalable delivery. You will work with development teams to implement provisioning, configuration management, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, MIS, or related field with 9+ years of experience or equivalent
• Strong understanding of IaC tools and automation to provision environments
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container platforms in production
• Proficiency in Linux, networking basics, and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and platform tooling

Responsibilities

• Lead complex automation and platform initiatives across DevOps and platform services
• Develop and support system integrations and provisioning pipelines
• Improve reliability, scalability, and performance of platforms and CI/CD
• Collaborate with development teams to enable scalable delivery practices
• Document configurations and operational procedures clearly

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Linux

Bash

Python

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker/Podman

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Lead Platform Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area to implement, automate, and support platforms and CI/CD capabilities that enable reliable application delivery across cloud and on-premises environments.

In this role, you will lead complex automation efforts, support Linux-based platforms and related integrations, improve operational reliability and performance, and work as a consultant with development teams to support scalable delivery practices. This role is aligned to a level 3 engineering scope with strong hands‑on ownership of automation, platform operations, troubleshooting, and cross‑team technical execution. environments.

Essential Functions

• Exercises a significant degree of leadership to projects and programs which contribute directly to organizational objectives
• Leads major IT projects with multiple system and application integrations across the organization
• Develops and supports system integrations between multiple systems and/or applications
• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies and determines feasibility of team or functional goals/objectives
• Leads complex infrastructure, automation, and integration efforts across DevOps and platform‑related services
• Builds and improves automation for provisioning, configuration management, and operational support using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Bash, and Python
• Supports and improves CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, and related developer tooling
• Troubleshoots complex Linux, platform, routing and integration issues involving infrastructure and configuration as code
• Improves system stability, scalability, alerting, logging, automated recovery, and overall operational performance
• Supports implementations while following security, operational, and change management standards
• Uses monitoring and operational data to improve uptime, capacity, and service reliability
• Researches technologies and evaluates practical solutions that support team and business goals
• Maintains clear technical and configuration documentation and communicates effectively across teams
• Plans and executes technical work independently while supporting development teams with onboarding and day‑to‑day guidance
• Applies standards and procedures to accomplish tasks
• Learns how to use and apply appropriate tools as needed for this role
• Documents work thoroughly and in an organized manner and works collaboratively and professionally in team environment with Garmin associates to achieve goals
• Applies the use of applicable technologies to achieve essential functions of this role

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another related field AND a minimum of 9 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule) with the demonstrated ability to apply learned knowledge
• Strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a small team setting
• Experience in implementing disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Ansible) to automate provisioning and configuration of environments
• Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, or closely related platform infrastructure in production environments
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Strong understanding of Linux operating systems, TCP/IP networking fundamentals, and containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
• Experience with source and version control practices
• Working skill in one or more scripting or coding languages such as Bash, Python, Ansible, etc.
• Able to think critically, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and work effectively with configuration as code
• Experience supporting or developing CI/CD and platform pipelines
• Work under light supervision and independently determine effective technical approaches and solution

Desired Qualifications

• Possess a breadth of experince across Linux, networking, and coding or automation disciplines
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and the surrounding platform technologies used to deploy, operate, and support it
• Working knowledge of load‑balancing technologies (Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, F5, etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud platform services (ArgoCD, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.)
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OTEL, Elastic, Kibana, etc.)
• Familiarity with high‑performance platform environments and supporting development team onboarding
• Exposure to messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to document platform configurations, operational procedures, and technical decisions clearly

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another related field AND a minimum of 9 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule) with the demonstrated ability to apply learned knowledge
• Strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a small team setting
• Experience in implementing disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Ansible) to automate provisioning and configuration of environments
• Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, or closely related platform infrastructure in production environments
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Strong understanding of Linux operating systems, TCP/IP networking fundamentals, and containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
• Experience with source and version control practices
• Working skill in one or more scripting or coding languages such as Bash, Python, Ansible, etc.
• Able to think critically, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and work effectively with configuration as code
• Experience supporting or developing CI/CD and platform pipelines
• Work under light supervision and independently determine effective technical approaches and solution

Desired Qualifications

• Possess a breadth of experince across Linux, networking, and coding or automation disciplines
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and the surrounding platform technologies used to deploy, operate, and support it
• Working knowledge of load‑balancing technologies (Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, F5, etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud platform services (ArgoCD, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.)
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OTEL, Elastic, Kibana, etc.)
• Familiarity with high‑performance platform environments and supporting development team onboarding
• Exposure to messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to document platform configurations, operational procedures, and technical decisions clearly

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits

Essential Functions

• Exercises a significant degree of leadership to projects and programs which contribute directly to organizational objectives
• Leads major IT projects with multiple system and application integrations across the organization
• Develops and supports system integrations between multiple systems and/or applications
• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies and determines feasibility of team or functional goals/objectives
• Leads complex infrastructure, automation, and integration efforts across DevOps and platform‑related services
• Builds and improves automation for provisioning, configuration management, and operational support using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Bash, and Python
• Supports and improves CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, and related developer tooling
• Troubleshoots complex Linux, platform, routing and integration issues involving infrastructure and configuration as code
• Improves system stability, scalability, alerting, logging, automated recovery, and overall operational performance
• Supports implementations while following security, operational, and change management standards
• Uses monitoring and operational data to improve uptime, capacity, and service reliability
• Researches technologies and evaluates practical solutions that support team and business goals
• Maintains clear technical and configuration documentation and communicates effectively across teams
• Plans and executes technical work independently while supporting development teams with onboarding and day‑to‑day guidance
• Applies standards and procedures to accomplish tasks
• Learns how to use and apply appropriate tools as needed for this role
• Documents work thoroughly and in an organized manner and works collaboratively and professionally in team environment with Garmin associates to achieve goals
• Applies the use of applicable technologies to achieve essential functions of this role