Platform Engineer: Cloud Automation & Reliability

Jobtailor; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an entry-level Platform Engineer to assist with implementing, maintaining, and supporting platform capabilities. You will participate in provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring, while contributing to automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will gain exposure to cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), CI/CD practices, IaC (Terraform), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) in a regulated technology environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 0–3 years of relevant experience.
• Exposure to a major cloud platform (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and IT service management practices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing, maintaining, and supporting platform capabilities under guidance.
• Support platform lifecycle activities including provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring.
• Assist with automation and continuous improvement initiatives to improve platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Monitor platform health and identify, troubleshoot, resolve, or re.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Follow established security, compliance, and operational controls.
• Document work activities, processes, configurations, and solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers, technology teams, vendors, and business partners on platform-related initiatives.
• Build understanding of how platform services support business operations and technology outcomes.
• Identify and elevate issues originating from upstream systems, vendors, integrations, or dependencies.

Skills

Cloud platform exposure

CI/CD concepts

Infrastructure as code

Basic scripting

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

ServiceNow

GitHub

Bitbucket

Azure DevOps

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an entry-level Platform Engineer to assist with implementing, maintaining, and supporting platform capabilities. You will participate in provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring, while contributing to automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will gain exposure to cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), CI/CD practices, IaC (Terraform), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) in a regulated technology environment.