Platform Engineer

Fixity Technologies; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fixity Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineer in New York to design and maintain scalable internal developer platforms and automation tooling. You will lead Kubernetes-based infrastructure, develop platform services with Python, and implement GitOps for reliable delivery.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to improve deployment velocity, reliability, and developer experience while advancing CI/CD, IaC, and observability practices across

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Python for platform automation, API development, and engineering tooling.
• Hands-on Kubernetes cluster administration including Helm, networking, RBAC, storage, security, and troubleshooting.
• Proven GitOps experience using Argo CD and FluxCD for automated deployments.
• Extensive DevOps experience: CI/CD, Terraform IaC, Docker, and release automation.
• Deep knowledge of DevEx tooling, IDPs, Backstage, self-service workflows, and platform automation.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and cloud-native architectures.
• Proficiency in observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK/OpenSearch, distributed tracing.
• Strong DevSecOps focus: Kubernetes security, secrets, OPA/Kyverno, and secure software delivery.
• Experience building scalable, reliable platform services with automation and reliability.
• Excellent troubleshooting, scripting, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Python for platform automation

Kubernetes

GitOps

Argo CD

FluxCD

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Docker

Observability

DevSecOps

Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)

Backstage

Scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Argo CD

FluxCD

Terraform

Pulumi

Docker

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenSearch

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

• Strong expertise in Python for platform automation, API development, and engineering tooling.


• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster administration, Helm, networking, RBAC, storage, security, and troubleshooting.


• Proven expertise in GitOps practices using Argo CD and/or FluxCD for automated, declarative application and infrastructure deployments.


• Extensive experience in DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline design, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Docker, and release automation.


• Strong knowledge of Developer Experience (DevEx) tooling, including Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), Backstage, self-service workflows, and developer automation.


• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures.


• Proficiency in Observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK/OpenSearch, and distributed tracing solutions.


• Strong understanding of DevSecOps, Kubernetes security, secrets management, Policy-as-Code (OPA/Kyverno), and secure software delivery practices.


• Experience building scalable, resilient, and highly available platform services with a focus on automation, reliability, and operational excellence.


• Excellent troubleshooting, scripting, and cross-functional collaboration skills to enable high-performing engineering teams.


• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and platform services.


• Develop automation tools and platform services using Python.


• Build and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure for containerized workloads.


• Implement GitOps practices for infrastructure and application deployments using tools such as Argo CD or FluxCD.


• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines for secure, reliable, and automated software delivery.


• Build and enhance Developer Experience (DevEx) capabilities by creating self-service portals, templates, reusable automation, and platform APIs.


• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar).


• Develop platform observability using monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions.


• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to improve platform reliability and deployment velocity.


• Implement security best practices, policy-as-code, and compliance automation.


• Troubleshoot production platform issues and continuously improve system reliability and performance.