Platform Automation Leader

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

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