Platform Engineer

Jobtailor; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New York seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale virtual and hardware environments using Red Hat OpenShift and ACM for Kubernetes. You will collaborate across teams to ensure reliable, scalable infrastructure and lead automation initiatives.

You should have 5+ years of hands-on experience, strong scripting, and expertise in containerization, Terraform, Ansible, and cloud automation.

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent experience.
• Five years or more of practical experience.
• Strong firsthand experience with managing large-scale environments using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) for Kubernetes and/or Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong firsthand experience with large-scale Hardware Environments (e.g., Cisco, HP, Dell).
• Experience with containerization of software services (e.g., OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Bash, and PowerCLI).
• Experience with Automation software (e.g., Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Azure Automation).
• Experience with version control, GitHub experience preferred.
• General knowledge of both networking and storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support large-scale Virtual Environments using Red Hat OpenShift across the full service lifecycle.
• Design, implement, and support large-scale Hardware Environments (e.g., Cisco, HP, Dell) across the full service lifecycle.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation and Infrastructure as Code to provision environments and increase enablement.
• Monitor and improve availability, latency, performance, and overall system health in production.
• Explore new technologies for virtual environments and document architecture and operation.
• Create, update, and maintain environment documentation.
• Participate in On-Call rotations and incident responses.

Skills

OpenShift management

ACM for Kubernetes

Kubernetes

Docker

Automation scripting

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

Azure Automation

GitHub

Networking basics

Storage basics

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support large‑scale Virtual Environments using Red Hat OpenShift, including engaging in and improving the whole lifecycle of services – from inception and design to deployment, operation, and refinement, and through decommissioning.
• Design, implement, and support large‑scale Hardware Environments (e.g., Cisco, HP, Dell), including engaging in and improving the whole lifecycle of services – from inception and design to deployment, operation, and refinement, and through decommissioning.
• Identify opportunities to leverage and implement automation and Infrastructure as Code to provision and maintain our virtual environment and increase customer enablement. Leverage automation to reduce the number of manual processes performed to have more time to focus on value‑added work.
• Support and maintain services and systems before they go live and when in production, including monitoring availability, latency, performance, and overall system health.
• Contribute to systematic exploration, discovery, and recommendation of new and emerging technologies pertaining to VSEs' services.
• Create, update, and maintain documentation reflecting all virtual environments' architecture, configuration, and operation.
• Provide incident and ticket responses and participate in an On‑Call rotation.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Five years or more of practical experience.
• Strong firsthand experience with managing large‑scale environments using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) for Kubernetes and/or Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong firsthand experience with large‑scale Hardware Environments (e.g., Cisco, HP, Dell).
• Experience with containerization of software services (e.g., OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Bash, and PowerCLI).
• Experience with Automation software (e.g., Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Azure Automation).
• Experience with version control, GitHub experience preferred.
• General knowledge of both networking and storage systems.

Desired Qualifications

• An interest in crafting, analyzing, and improving large‑scale Virtual Environments.
• Familiar with Agile methodology and using Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Bring a systematic problem‑solving approach, solid communication skills, and a sense of ownership and drive.