Platform Engineer - Hybrid Role for Growth & Learning

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Health Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation is seeking an entry-level Platform Engineer to learn and support our platforms, tools, and technologies enabling business operations. You will work under guidance to maintain, monitor, automate, and troubleshoot platform services, building foundational technical knowledge.

We value diverse backgrounds and new perspectives as we grow our technology team and capabilities, with hybrid work arrangements and a focus on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Exposure to major cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and ITSM practices.
• Familiarity with source control tools and basic Git workflows.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code concepts (Terraform).
• Familiarity with JSON/YAML for configuration and templating.
• Exposure to containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes concepts.
• Exposure to Linux fundamentals and basic scripting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementation, maintenance, and support of platform capabilities under guidance.
• Support platform lifecycle activities including provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring.
• Contribute to automation and continuous improvement for reliability and efficiency.
• Monitor platform health and follow procedures to troubleshoot and escalate issues.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Adhere to security, compliance, and operational controls.
• Document activities, configurations, and solutions using standards.
• Collaborate with engineers, vendors, and business partners on platform initiatives.
• Develop understanding of how platform services support business operations.
• Learn to identify escalation from upstream systems or dependencies.

Skills

CI/CD concepts

IT service management (Jira/ServiceNow

Git workflows

Linux fundamentals

Scripting (Bash/Python)

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

Networking fundamentals

Monitoring/alerting concepts

Interest in financial services

Education

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

Tools

Terraform

GitHub/Bitbucket/Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes concepts

JSON/YAML

Jira/ServiceNow

Linux command line tooling

Job description

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation is seeking an entry-level Platform Engineer to learn and support our platforms, tools, and technologies enabling business operations. You will work under guidance to maintain, monitor, automate, and troubleshoot platform services, building foundational technical knowledge.

We value diverse backgrounds and new perspectives as we grow our technology team and capabilities, with hybrid work arrangements and a focus on security and reliability.