Platform Engineer - W2

MSR Technology Group; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

MSR Technology Group in Kansas City, MO seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead design and delivery of platform engineering solutions while advancing developer experience across the organization.

You will mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and drive adoption of modern DevOps, SRE, and platform practices to enable scalable infrastructure and reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SRE or platform engineering.
• Experience leading DevOps/automation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, monitoring, and reliability practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion DevOps practices and platform engineering initiatives.
• Drive improvements in deployment frequency, MTTR, and lead time for changes.
• Partner with architects to provision infrastructure and deploy applications at scale.
• Establish reusable patterns, standards, and platform components for engineering teams.
• Document architectural decisions and best practices.
• Improve developer experience by removing bottlenecks and increasing productivity.
• Own and evaluate the developer productivity toolchain including CI/CD platforms.

Skills

DevOps leadership

SRE practices

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology, computer science, or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Kubernetes

Job description

The Senior Platform Engineer leads the design and delivery of platform engineering solutions while driving strategic improvements to developer experience across the organization. This role serves as a technical leader, architect, mentor, and escalation point for platform engineering initiatives. The engineer will lead complex automation efforts, architect self-service infrastructure and application delivery capabilities, establish engineering standards, and drive adoption of modern DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion DevOps practices, automation strategy, and platform engineering initiatives across the organization.
• Drive improvements related to:
  • Deployment Frequency
  • Change Failure Rate
  • Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)
  • Lead Time for Changes
• Partner with architects and engineering teams to provision infrastructure and deploy applications at scale.
• Establish reusable patterns, standards, frameworks, and platform components that can be leveraged by engineering teams.
• Document architectural decisions, trade-offs, and best practices.
• Improve developer experience by identifying pain points, removing bottlenecks, and increasing engineering productivity.
• Lead complex workstreams, define requirements, establish acceptance criteria, and drive execution.
• Operate effectively in ambiguous environments and help teams navigate change.
• Own and evaluate the developer productivity toolchain, including CI/CD platforms and deployment automation.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and tooling across the organization.
• Define and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
• Lead incident response activities, facilitate blameless postmortems, and drive platform reliability improvements.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers at all levels through technical leadership, design reviews, architecture reviews, and coaching.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and team development initiatives.
• Maintain a strong commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Technology, Business, or a related field and 8+ years of relevant experience

OR

Equivalent applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Required Experience

• 8+ years of experience in:
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • Related technical disciplines

Technical Requirements

Deep expertise building and operating cloud infrastructure in one or more of: