Platform Engineer - Junior Cloud & Automation Advocate

GreatAmerica Financial Services; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Health Insurance

Gym Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Service Awards

Paid Parking

Strong organizational culture

Job summary

GreatAmerica Financial Services is seeking a Platform Engineer to learn and support platform capabilities under guidance. You will assist with provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring, while contributing to automation and reliability improvements.

This entry-level role emphasizes collaboration across teams, documentation, and security controls. Ideal candidates have exposure to cloud platforms, CI/CD concepts, and scripting, plus a bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 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 (Jira/ServiceNow).

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation, maintenance, and support of 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 follow established procedures to identify, troubleshoot, resolve, or escalated issues.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Follow established security, compliance, and operational controls.
• Document work activities, processes, configurations, and solutions using established standards.
• Collaborate with engineers, technology teams, vendors, and business partners to support platform-related initiatives.
• Build understanding of how platform services support business operations and technology outcomes.
• Learn to identify and escalated issues originating from upstream systems, vendors, integrations, or dependencies.

Skills

Cloud platforms exposure

CI/CD concepts

Source control basics

Infrastructure as code

JSON/YAML

Containerization basics

Linux fundamentals

Scripting (Bash/Python)

General programming (C#, JavaScript/TS

Education

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

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

GCP

Jira/ServiceNow

Azure DevOps

Job description

GreatAmerica Financial Services is seeking a Platform Engineer to learn and support platform capabilities under guidance. You will assist with provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring, while contributing to automation and reliability improvements.

This entry-level role emphasizes collaboration across teams, documentation, and security controls. Ideal candidates have exposure to cloud platforms, CI/CD concepts, and scripting, plus a bachelor’s degree in a related field.