Platform Engineer

T-MOBILE USA, Inc.; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 81,200 - 146,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Access to money coaches

Annual corporate bonus

Job summary

T-MOBILE USA, Inc. is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and optimize infrastructure that supports internal services and platforms. The role requires building resilient systems and implementing CI/CD pipelines to enhance operational excellence.

The ideal candidate has experience in infrastructure management, CI/CD implementation, and optimizing data platforms. Generous compensation and benefits are offered, making this an exciting opportunity in Frisco, Texas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of related work experience or equivalent.
• 2-4+ years designing and developing scalable infrastructure systems.
• 2-4+ years implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop resilient and scalable infrastructure systems.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment.
• Facilitate seamless migrations and integrations across different technologies.

Skills

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Related Field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

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The Platform Engineer is essential for designing and optimizing infrastructure that supports internal services and platforms within the organization. It involves building resilient and scalable systems to ensure robust infrastructure and enterprise-wide governance. The role focuses on implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and enhancing data platform interoperability. Success is measured by system reliability, efficient software deployment, and seamless technology migrations and integrations. The work impacts the organization by enabling adaptability and operational excellence in a dynamic technological environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Designs and develops resilient and scalable infrastructure systems
  • Own day-to-day operations of hybrid infrastructure supporting T‑Mobile's platform services.
  • Ensure uptime, performance, and security across on‑prem, AWS, and Azure environments.
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, configuration, and deployment issues impacting platform reliability.
  • Lead patching, updates, and configuration management with minimal oversight.
  • Participate in on‑call rotation and drive improvements in incident response and postmortem practices.
• Optimizes existing infrastructure to enhance functionality and interoperability
  • Ensure system reliability, performance, and security through proactive monitoring, automation, and performance tuning.
  • Troubleshoot complex platform and application integration issues impacting performance or availability.
  • Develop, execute, and tune DML logic – queries, data migrations, transformations, and batch operations – for performance and reliability.
  • Drive incident analysis and reliability reviews to improve operational posture and system resilience.
• Implements and maintains CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment
  • Support containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, to standardize deployment practices.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to increase operational efficiency.
  • Implement and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent frameworks.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform infrastructure and environment deployments (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins).
  • Establish documentation standards and reusable modules for consistent automation delivery.
• Collaborates within Agile teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence
  • Contribute to Agile ceremonies, driving infrastructure readiness and delivery excellence.
  • Advocate for DevOps and automation best practices across engineering teams.
  • Participate in on‑call rotations and lead incident resolution and root cause analysis.
  • Lead efforts in automation for self‑healing, scaling, and performance tuning.
• Facilitates seamless migrations and integrations across different technologies
  • Develop and manage observability solutions leveraging Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or ELK.
  • Implement proactive monitoring, log analysis, and metrics-based alerting for early issue detection.
  • Collaborate with SREs to improve mean time to resolution (MTTR) and overall platform reliability.
  • Execute and optimize DML operations within Postgres, Oracle, and Cassandra environments under existing organizational DDL structures.
  • Develop and maintain integrations with Kafka for event-driven data pipelines, message publishing, and asynchronous workloads.
  • Implement caching strategies (Redis, in-memory caches) to reduce query latency and improve application performance.
  • Support database performance tuning, data ingestion, and transformation activities aligned with enterprise governance standards.
  • Partner across engineering, DevOps, and data teams to design scalable solutions and resolve complex issues.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of related work experience OR combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science, Data Science or Related Field (Preferred)
• 2-4+ years designing and developing scalable and resilient infrastructure systems
• 2-4+ years implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications
• 2-4+ years integrating and optimizing data platforms for interoperability across various technologies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Hands‑on development experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Experience with observability solutions leveraging Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or ELK

Licenses and Certifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) – preferred
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – preferred
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – preferred

Required Qualifications

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel and DOT

Travel required: No

Compensation

Base Pay Range: $81,200 - $146,400

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

Benefits

At T‑Mobile, employees in regular, non‑temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year‑end bonus based on company and/or individual performance. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To learn about T‑Mobile's amazing benefits, visit www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

T‑Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.

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