Platform Engineer

Jobtailor; Lincolnshire (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate our internal developer platform across multi-cloud environments. You will own infrastructure provisioning, GitOps pipelines, observability, and developer experience to help our engineering teams ship software reliably at scale.

The role requires hands-on Kubernetes and Terraform Cloud experience, plus strong scripting, CI/CD, and security skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE.
• Hands-on Kubernetes production experience across Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Terraform Cloud).
• Experience with GitOps and continuous delivery tooling (Flux, ArgoCD, or equivalent).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
• Working knowledge of multi-cloud architectures across two or more of: Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash).
• Experience with observability platforms (Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Strong networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, load balancing, VPNs, VPC/VNet).
• Familiarity with security concepts: RBAC, secrets management, image signing, supply-chain security.
• Comfortable with container registries, Helm charts, and Kubernetes manifests.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to document complex systems clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the internal developer platform enabling our engineering organization to ship software reliably and at scale.
• Own the full platform lifecycle—from infrastructure provisioning and GitOps delivery pipelines to observability and developer experience across multi-cloud environments.
• Design, provision, and maintain cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and GCP using infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation).
• Manage Terraform Cloud workspaces, module registries, and policy frameworks (Sentinel/OPA) for governance at scale.
• Architect and operate Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers, including node pool management, autoscaling, networking, and storage.
• Define and manage cloud landing zones, account structures, networking baselines, and identity/access frameworks aligned to security standards.
• Operate and evolve GitOps delivery pipelines using Flux to manage cluster state, Helm releases, and environment promotions from a single source of truth in version control.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines with Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and other tools covering build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows.
• Champion GitOps best practices across engineering teams, providing templates, documentation, and enablement.
• Implement and maintain full-stack observability using platforms like Dynatrace, including distributed tracing, monitoring, log management, and SLO/SLI tracking.
• Define alerting strategies, runbooks, and on-call escalation paths; drive incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Establish and track platform reliability metrics and lead initiatives to close gaps.
• Build and maintain internal developer platform capabilities: self-service tooling, templates, libraries, and developer portals.
• Reduce cognitive load by abstracting infrastructure complexity behind well-documented interfaces.
• Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams to align on standards and integrate platform capabilities into the SDLC.
• Embed security controls into platform tooling: secrets management, image signing, policy enforcement, RBAC, audit logging.
• Support compliance requirements (SOC 2, PCI-DSS) through infrastructure controls, audit trails, and documentation.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

Terraform

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

Python/Go scripting

Security & compliance

Multi-cloud

Cloud automation

Tools

Terraform

Terraform Cloud

Flux

ArgoCD

Harness

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Dynatrace

Datadog

Prometheus/Grafana

Kubernetes

Helm

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the internal developer platform that enables our engineering organization to ship software reliably and at scale.
• Own the full platform lifecycle — from infrastructure provisioning and GitOps delivery pipelines to observability and developer experience — working across our multi‑cloud environments.
• Design, provision, and maintain cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and GCP using infrastructure‑as‑code tooling (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation).
• Manage Terraform Cloud workspaces, module registries, and policy frameworks (Sentinel / OPA) to enforce governance at scale.
• Architect and operate Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers, including node pool management, autoscaling, networking (CNI/service mesh), and storage.
• Define and manage cloud landing zones, account structures, networking baselines, and identity/access frameworks aligned to security standards.
• Operate and evolve GitOps delivery pipelines using Flux to manage cluster state, Helm releases, and environment promotions from a single source of truth in version control (e.g., GitHub).
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines with pipeline‑as‑code tooling (e.g., Harness, GitHub Actions) covering build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows.
• Champion GitOps best practices across engineering teams, providing templates, documentation, and enablement.
• Implement and maintain full‑stack observability using platforms such as Dynatrace, including distributed tracing, infrastructure monitoring, log management, synthetic monitoring, and SLO/SLI tracking.
• Define alerting strategies, runbooks, and on‑call escalation paths; drive incident response and post‑incident reviews.
• Establish and track platform reliability metrics (availability, error rate, latency) and lead initiatives to close gaps.
• Build and maintain internal developer platform capabilities: self‑service tooling, golden‑path templates, shared libraries, and developer portals.
• Reduce cognitive load for application teams by abstracting infrastructure complexity behind opinionated, well‑documented interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with security, networking, and application engineering teams to align on standards and integrate platform capabilities into the SDLC.
• Embed security controls into platform tooling: secrets management, image signing, policy enforcement, RBAC, and audit logging.
• Support compliance requirements (SOC 2, PCI‑DSS, etc.) through infrastructure controls, audit trails, and documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a platform engineering, DevOps, or site reliability engineering role.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in production across at least one major cloud provider (Azure AKS, AWS EKS, or GCP GKE).
• Proficiency with infrastructure‑as‑code tools, especially Terraform and Terraform Cloud (workspaces, remote state, module registry, policy as code).
• Demonstrated experience with GitOps principles and continuous delivery tooling (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD, or equivalent).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
• Working knowledge of multi‑cloud architectures across two or more of: Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Proficiency with at least one scripting/programming language (Python, Go, Bash) for automation and tooling development.
• Experience with observability platforms (e.g., Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana stack) and a solid understanding of the three pillars of observability.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, load balancing, VPNs, VPC/VNet peering).
• Familiarity with security concepts: RBAC, secrets management (Vault, cloud‑native KMS), image signing, and supply‑chain security.
• Comfortable working with container image registries, Helm charts, and Kubernetes manifests.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document complex systems clearly.