Platform Engineer III

TEKsystems; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Platform Engineer III to contribute to the core integration platform for U.S. healthcare systems. You will manage enterprise-scale API Gateway platforms, drive automated integration, and mentor engineers from a remote location within the US.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform/Ansible/Helm, AWS services, and observability using Splunk/New Relic. Strong communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 4-6 years of IT systems delivery, operations, and support (healthcare or high-transaction environments).
• 3+ years of technical engineering efforts involving IT systems implementation and management.
• Hands-on API Gateway management at scale.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Helm and AWS services.
• Experience with observability tools like Splunk or New Relic.
• Ability to bridge infra and development teams and lead technical initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evolve API Gateway integration platforms at enterprise scale.
• Provide tooling and support for automated integration workflows.
• Refine API definition standards and enable scalable API ecosystem innovation.
• Mentor junior engineers and uphold operational excellence.
• Lead platform enhancement for secure internal/external service integration.
• Guide service design and data/workflows for reliability and extensibility.
• Define IaC deployment practices for repeatability and consistency.
• Drive on-call rotations, post-mortems, and resilience improvements.
• Contribute to technical documentation and architectural diagrams.

Skills

API Gateway

API authentication

SSL/TLS

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

AWS (VPC IAM EC2 EKS Istio)

Observability

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Splunk

New Relic

Job description

Description

As a Platform Engineer III, you will be a technical contributor for the team that manages the core integration platform of U.S. healthcare systems. Availity connects millions of providers with thousands of health plans, and our API Gateway platforms are the key to delivering services end to end.

In this role you will:

• Manage and evolve our API Gateway integration platforms at enterprise scale
• Manage the tooling and support for intelligent automated integration with flexibility and reliability as your mission
• Analyze and refine API definition standards and drive support for innovation at scale in our API ecosystem
• Guide and mentor junior engineers while setting the bar for operational excellence
• Sponsorship, in any form, is not available for this position.
• Location: Remote, US

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4-6 years of relevant technical and business experience in IT systems delivery, operations, and support (preferably in healthcare or high-transaction environments)
• 3+ years of experience in technical engineering efforts involving implementation and management of IT systems.

Hands-on experience with:

• API Gateway management at scale
• HTTP integration and API authentication frameworks
• SSL certificates (validation, encryption, authentication, signature)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) and AWS services (VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, Istio)
• Observability and monitoring tools (preferably Splunk, New Relic)
• Experience bridging infrastructure and development teams, ensuring alignment of roadmaps and goals.
• Ability to lead and guide technical teams.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

• SaaS experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical systems.
• Familiarity with API management and gateway software (preferably Tyk) and COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) product management
• Background in metrics-driven reliability engineering (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets)
• Experience with scripting/programming (Go, JavaScript, Python, etc.)

Set yourself apart:

• You thrive in high-transaction, high-uptime environments and know how to balance operational rigor with engineering speed
• You have experience leading technology initiatives using cloud-native best practices
• You are comfortable debugging connectivity issues in complex enterprise environments, including dependencies with external services, and collaborating with technical contacts at the customer
• You are self-motivated and thrive with autonomy while balancing communication with leadership and stakeholders

What you will be doing:

• Managing and advancing the API integration platforms and related infrastructure components, including software upgrades, performance monitoring, and application development team collaboration
• Helping lead platform enhancement efforts that enable flexible and secure integration between internal and external services
• Providing guidance and expertise for application service design, data and transaction workflows for scalability, reliability and extensibility
• Following infrastructure-as-code best practices (Terraform, Helm, Ansible) for repeatable deployments and environment consistency
• Driving operational excellence through on-call rotation support, thorough post-mortem investigation, and implementing solutions that improve resilience
• Performing unit testing and complex debugging, and identifying opportunities for automated testing where appropriate
• Performing analysis of technical feasibility and solution design, including estimation of work efforts, planning, and backlog organization
• Ensuring upgrades, patching, and platform updates are proactively planned and executed without business disruption
• Helping set reliability targets and defining operational metrics (availability, latency, error budgets) in line with SRE methodologies
• Writing detailed technical documentation for systems, including architectural diagrams, and operational procedures for standardized actions used for maintenance and support.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Jacksonville, FL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $140000.00 - $150000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Our client is a certified Great Place to Work, a Best Workplaces for Technology Companies, a Best Workplaces for Women and a Best Workplaces for Millennials!Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams and various ways to engage with fellow associates.The client's culture is a culture of continuous learning. We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too!We offer a competitive salary, bonus structure, generous HSA company contribution, healthcare, vision, dental benefits and a 401k match program that you can take advantage of on day one!We offer unlimited PTO for salaried associates + 9 paid holidays. Hourly associates start at 19 days of PTO and go up from there with all the same holiday benefits.Interested in wellness? We allow our associates to reimburse up to $250/year for gym memberships, participation in racing events, weight management programs, etc.Interested in furthering your education? We offer education reimbursement!The client offers Paid Parental Leave for both moms and dads, both birth parents and adoptive parents.Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? Youre at the right place! The client partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 20, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.