Platform Engineer

Realign Llc; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Realign Llc in Irvine, CA is seeking a Platform Engineer Sr to design and operate enterprise cloud platforms, focusing on reliability and scalability.

You will work with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes and Docker, IaC with Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines; strong automation and SRE practices required.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of platform engineering and cloud infra experience.
• Expertise in AWS and Azure cloud architectures and governance.
• Proficient with Kubernetes, Docker, and container operations.
• Strong IaC with Terraform and mature CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

SRE

Python scripting

Security & IAM

ServiceNow/Jira

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Harness

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Databricks

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

Job description

Job Description

Role: Platform Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA – Onsite

Job Type: Full Time

Job Category: IT

Fulltime – Permanent

Platform Engineer Sr

Required Skills

• Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or enterprise production support.


• Cloud Architecture: Advanced hands‑on expertise across AWS and Microsoft Azure, including compute, storage, networking, identity, security, governance, monitoring, resilience, and cost optimization.


• Containers and Orchestration: Strong expertise with Kubernetes and Docker, including cluster operations, workload deployment, scaling, upgrades, configuration, security, performance tuning, and complex troubleshooting.


• Data Platform Engineering: Strong operational experience supporting Databricks, dbt, Apache Airflow, AutoSys, and enterprise data processing environments. Experience with LASR and Caspian is preferred.


• Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD: Advanced experience with Terraform and enterprise CI/CD platforms such as Harness, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent, including reusable modules and deployment controls.


• Automation: Strong scripting and automation capability using Python, Shell, Bash, or PowerShell to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.


• Observability and SRE: Experience designing monitoring, logging, alerting, service health dashboards, SLI/SLO measures, capacity controls, and operational readiness using Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, or similar tools.


• Security and Compliance: Strong understanding of IAM/RBAC, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, patching, policy enforcement, audit readiness, business continuity, and disaster recovery.


• ITSM and Agile Delivery: Proficiency with ServiceNow and Jira for incident, problem, change, service request, release, backlog, and continuous‑improvement management.


• Technical Leadership: Proven ability to lead technical decisions, coordinate complex incident resolution, mentor engineers, review designs, manage risks, and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.