Platform Engineer

Jobtailor; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Cloud/Platform/DevOps Engineer to design and manage IaC solutions across AWS/Azure/GCP, ensuring scalable, reliable infrastructure. You will work with cross-functional teams to define platform requirements, automate deployments, and drive best practices in CI/CD and security.

The role emphasizes mentoring, on-call support, and continuous improvement, leveraging Terraform, Crossplane, Helm, and CloudFormation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3–10 years of experience as a Cloud/Platform/DevOps/SRE Engineer or similar role.
• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Crossplane, Helm Charts, AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience implementing DevOps best practices and automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage IaC solutions to provision cloud resources.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Security, and Infra teams to define platform requirements and architecture.
• Partner with Development, Operations, and QA to streamline software delivery and improve release quality.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure, DevOps platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design zero-downtime deployment and maintenance strategies for Kubernetes clusters.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend modern DevOps tools and practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering excellence.
• Enable teams with reusable platform services, automation, and best practices.
• Integrate security controls and DevSecOps practices into pipelines.
• Document designs, architecture, and operational procedures.
• Promote innovation, collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Automate manual processes using tooling and agentic workflows.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support production systems.

Skills

Go

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

Helm Charts

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Crossplane, Helm Charts, or CloudFormation to provision and manage cloud resources. (Must Have)
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Security, and Infrastructure teams to define platform requirements, priorities, and architecture.
• Partner with Development, Operations, and QA teams to streamline software delivery and improve release quality.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure, DevOps platforms, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high availability, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Design and implement zero‑downtime deployment and maintenance strategies for Kubernetes clusters and cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend modern DevOps tools and engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering excellence across teams.
• Enable engineering teams by providing reusable platform services, automation, and operational best practices.
• Collaborate with Security teams to integrate security controls and DevSecOps best practices into infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Document technical designs, architecture, operational procedures, and platform standards.
• Promote a culture of innovation, collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Eliminate operational toil by automating manual processes using modern tooling, AI‑powered solutions, and agentic workflows.
• Participate in a 12‑hour on‑call rotation to support production systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3–10 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or similar role.
• Strong experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, Helm Charts, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Go, Python, or Bash.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross‑functional teams.
• Proven experience implementing DevOps best practices and driving automation initiatives.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Crossplane, and CloudFormation, alongside strong experience in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes. Proven ability to collaborate across teams to implement DevOps best practices, optimize cloud infrastructure, and drive automation initiatives.