Platform Engineer (Entry-Level) - Cloud & Automation

GreatAmerica; Texas; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Paid Parking

Service Awards

Business casual environment

Strong culture

Job summary

GreatAmerica is seeking an entry-level Platform Engineer in Texas to learn and support our platform stack, automation, and operations under guidance from experienced engineers. You will contribute to provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and monitoring while building foundational technical knowledge and business context.

You will gain exposure to cloud platforms, CI/CD, IaC, containers, scripting, and monitoring, collaborating across teams to improve platform reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, info systems, or related field.
• 0-3 years of relevant engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Learn and support platforms, tools, and technologies under guidance.
• Assist with provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring of platforms.
• Help with automation and continuous improvement for reliability and efficiency.
• Monitor platform health and follow procedures to identify and escalate issues.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Follow security, compliance, and operational controls.
• Document configurations and solutions using established standards.
• Collaborate with engineers, technology teams, vendors, and partners on platform initiatives.
• Understand how platform services support business operations.
• Identify and escalate issues from upstream systems or dependencies.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CI/CD concepts

Source control tools

Terraform

JSON/YAML

Docker

Kubernetes basics

Linux fundamentals

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Programming basics (.NET/Java/JS/TS)

Networking basics

Monitoring concepts

Education

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

Tools

Git platforms

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps / GitHub / Bitbucket

Job description

GreatAmerica is seeking an entry-level Platform Engineer in Texas to learn and support our platform stack, automation, and operations under guidance from experienced engineers. You will contribute to provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and monitoring while building foundational technical knowledge and business context.

You will gain exposure to cloud platforms, CI/CD, IaC, containers, scripting, and monitoring, collaborating across teams to improve platform reliability and scalability.