Platform Engineer

Robotic Process Automation LLC; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotic Technologies Automation seeks a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud platforms and developer tooling. You will automate deployment pipelines, enforce best practices, and collaborate across software, DevOps, security, and architecture teams to enable reliable software delivery.

The role emphasizes IaC, Kubernetes, cloud security, FinOps, and observability, with a focus on GCP or Alibaba Cloud and multi-cloud strategies. 5+ years preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps or SRE.
• Proficient with IaC tools like Terraform, Pulumi or CloudFormation/ROS.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes (GKE/ACK) and Docker.
• CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or ArgoCD.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision and maintain enterprise cloud infra on GCP or Alibaba Cloud via IaC.
• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD automation pipelines.
• Architect and manage containerized environments using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Implement platform observability, monitoring, logging and alerting.
• Drive cloud security, IAM, compliance and governance best practices.
• Build self-service developer tools and platform APIs.
• Optimize cloud costs (FinOps) and plan capacity.
• Collaborate with dev teams to troubleshoot infra and deployment challenges.
• Establish SRE readiness, incident response and runbooks.
• Maintain comprehensive platform architecture and automation docs.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation/ROS

GKE

ACK

Docker

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Flux

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Google Cloud Operations

Alibaba SLS

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

We are looking for a Platform Engineer with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Alibaba Cloud. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms and developer tooling. You will collaborate closely with software engineering, DevOps, security, and architecture teams to automate deployment pipelines, enforce infrastructure best practices, and build internal developer platforms that empower engineering teams to ship software reliably and efficiently.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, provision, and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Alibaba Cloud using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD automation pipelines for continuous deployment, automated testing, and release management.
• Architect and manage containerized environments using Kubernetes (GKE / ACK) and Docker, ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience.
• Implement platform observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to maintain system health and proactively address performance issues.
• Drive cloud security, identity management (IAM), compliance, and governance best practices across all environments.
• Build automated self-service developer tools and platform APIs to accelerate application deployment and engineering velocity.
• Perform cloud cost optimization (FinOps), capacity planning, and architecture refinement to maximize performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot complex infrastructure, network, and application deployment challenges.
• Establish operational readiness standards, incident response frameworks, and site reliability engineering (SRE) practices.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for platform architecture, operational procedures, and automation scripts.

WHAT YOU BRING

Must Haves

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation/ROS.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes (GKE or ACK) and Docker.
• Demonstrated expertise in CI/CD pipeline development using tools like GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Bash, Go, or Shell.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking (VPC, DNS, Load Balancers, Firewalls, VPN) and cloud security practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience in troubleshooting distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Good to Have
• Professional GCP Certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Professional DevOps Engineer) or Alibaba Cloud Certifications (ACP / ACE).
• Experience with Service Mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Knowledge of FinOps tools and cloud cost governance strategies.
• Familiarity with cross-cloud migration or multi-cloud deployment strategies (GCP + Alibaba Cloud).
• Experience with observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Google Cloud Operations / Alibaba SLS.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.