Platform Engineer – Cloud, Automation (Hybrid)

GreatAmerica Financial Services; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Health Insurance

401(k) and Company Match

Annual Profit Sharing

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

GreatAmerica is seeking an entry‑level Platform Engineer to learn and support the platforms, tools, and technologies that drive business operations. Under guidance from experienced engineers, you will contribute to maintenance, monitoring, automation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while building foundational technical knowledge.

You will gain exposure to major cloud platforms, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Linux basics, and scripting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 0–3 years of relevant experience.
• Entry-level opportunity to learn platform maintenance and automation under guidance.
• Familiarity with cloud concepts and basic scripting is expected.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementation, maintenance, and support of platform capabilities under guidance.
• Support provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring.
• Help with automation and continuous improvement to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Monitor platform health and follow procedures to identify and resolve issues.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Document configurations and solutions using established standards.
• Collaborate with teams, vendors, and partners on platform initiatives.
• Learn to identify issues originating from upstream systems and dependencies.

Skills

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

CI/CD concepts

Source control (GitHub/Bitbucket/Azure

Terraform

JSON/YAML

Docker

Kubernetes concepts

Linux fundamentals

Bash/Python scripting

.NET/Java/JavaScript/TypeScript

Networking fundamentals

Monitoring/alerts basics

Interest in financial services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Jira/ServiceNow

GitHub/Azure DevOps

Job description

GreatAmerica is seeking an entry‑level Platform Engineer to learn and support the platforms, tools, and technologies that drive business operations. Under guidance from experienced engineers, you will contribute to maintenance, monitoring, automation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while building foundational technical knowledge.

You will gain exposure to major cloud platforms, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Linux basics, and scripting.