Platform Engineer

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Datacenter Engineering Group to manage OpenShift workloads, automate cloud and on‑prem services, and drive platform reliability. You will work across AWS and GCP, leveraging Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation to deliver scaleable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes DevSecOps, SRE principles, and strong scripting in Python or Bash, with collaboration in an Agile environment and a strong focus on security and performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure or platform engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with OpenShift, including OpenShift Virtualization and Kubernetes.
• Experience provisioning images and templates for OpenShift workloads.
• Hands-on experience in AWS or GCP cloud environments.
• Experience with multi-cloud security models and cross-account delivery.
• Experience with VMware and Linux/Windows server administration.
• Foundational system administration and network fundamentals.
• Experience with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and playbooks.
• Ability to build and maintain Ansible content to automate cloud and on-prem services.
• Knowledge of OS hardening, templating deployments from standardized images.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, microservices, and automation endpoints.
• Understanding of security best practices and secrets management.
• Programming experience in Python, Bash, or similar.
• Git/GitLab for source control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with resilient system design and disaster recovery.
• Agile methodologies and strong communication skills.
• Curiosity, humility, and pride in work.

Responsibilities

• Manage VM and container workloads on OpenShift Kubernetes platforms.
• Provision and manage images and templates for OpenShift workloads and shared resources.
• Automate on-prem and cloud environments using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Deliver platform services across AWS and/or GCP within multi-account security models.
• Manage OS lifecycle via golden images, patching, and hardening.
• Contribute to resiliency, data protection, and disaster recovery efforts.
• Own automation work from design through delivery in larger projects.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles following coding standards.
• Participate in technology evaluations and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Document design decisions, estimates, code modules, and performance metrics.
• Lead platform/code walkthroughs and ensure alignment with organization standards.
• Ensure design/performances/security quality and identify areas for improvement.
• Analyze performance data (CPU, memory, storage).
• Engage in agile sprints with the team and communicate technical info clearly.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Python

GitLab

CI/CD

Linux

Windows Server

Security

Disaster Recovery

AWS

GCP

Automation

APIs

CloudFormation

AA P

Tools

OpenShift Virtualization

Ansible Automation Platform

Git

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

This position is for a Senior Level Engineer within the Datacenter Engineering Group.

Our group delivers platform services across public cloud (AWS and GCP Primarily) and private cloud (VMware and Red Hat OpenShift). We are looking for a well-rounded engineer with hands‑on experience across on‑prem and cloud technologies, who uses DevOps tools such as Git, Ansible, Terraform, Python, and GitLab to build repeatable patterns and solutions. This role requires strong infrastructure fundamentals, a DevSecOps mindset, and Site Reliability Engineering principles.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Manage virtual machine and container workloads running on OpenShift Virtualization and OpenShift / Kubernetes.
• Provision and manage images and templates for OpenShift workloads, along with the shared resources those workloads consume.
• Build automation for on‑prem and cloud environments using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Deliver platform services across AWS accounts and/or GCP projects, working within multi‑account security models.
• Understanding and lifecycle management of enterprise operating systems through golden images, patching, and system hardening.
• Participate in large‑scale resiliency, data protection, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Own automation work within larger projects from design through delivery.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles, following team coding standards and Git workflows.
• Participate in technology evaluations and re‑engineering activities to support continuous improvement.
• Provide consistent documentation for design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, and performance metrics as required by organization standards.
• Prepare and participate in platform, code/Git, and documentation walkthroughs.
• Ensure work meets standards for design, performance, quality, and security. Identify and recommend areas for improvement in planning, design, development, and testing.
• Analyze and interpret performance data such as CPU, memory, and storage.
• Knowledge of agentic solutions and appropriate usage within critical systems.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements:

• 5+ years of relevant infrastructure or platform engineering experience.
• Hands‑on experience managing workloads on Red Hat OpenShift, including OpenShift Virtualization and Kubernetes.
• Experience with image provisioning, template management, and shared resources for OpenShift workloads.
• Hands‑on experience in at least one public cloud: AWS or GCP.
• Experience with multi‑cloud account security models and cross‑account service delivery.
• Experience across on‑prem technologies such as VMware and Linux/Windows server administration.
• Foundational system administration (operating systems, configuration, installations, patch management, server maintenance) and network foundations (firewalls, proxies, IP management, routing, DNS).
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including job templates, workflows, inventories, credentials, and Execution Environments.
• Experience building and maintaining Ansible content that runs through AAP to automate on‑prem and cloud services.
• Understanding of operating system hardening practices and methodologies for templating deployments from a set of standardized images.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, microservices, and similar endpoints to configure, extract data, and build automation.
• Understanding of security best practices, secure coding practices, secrets management, certificates, and certificate management.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Python, Linux, Shell, Bash, or other programming languages.
• Proficiency in Git/GitLab source code control, branching, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of resilient system design, high availability, and disaster recovery methodologies.
• Participate in agile processes, working stories through each sprint and adjusting as needed while collaborating with the team.
• Demonstrated experience communicating technical information.
• Curiosity, humility, and open-mindedness with a deep sense of pride in your work.