Platform Reliability Engineer | Cloud, IaC, Observability

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise platforms enabling secure, efficient software delivery and data integration.

The role focuses on automation, self-service capabilities, and reusable patterns to reduce complexity for platform consumers. You will partner with teams to embed reliability into CI/CD and support security, scalability, and observability across the stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with source control platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of Power Platform.
• Understanding of modern software delivery and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant architectures using cloud-native services (microservices, containers, serverless).
• Define and operationalize SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for critical applications and platforms.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform) to ensure repeatable and compliant deployments.
• Develop automated remediation and self-healing capabilities to reduce MTTR and improve system resilience.
• Establish enterprise-level monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks (Datadog, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Azure Application Insights).
• Drive cost optimization (FinOps) initiatives, including resource utilization tracking and rightsizing recommendations.
• Support DR/BCP strategy execution, including failover testing and regional isolation validation.
• Collaborate with application teams to embed reliability engineering practices into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting

Power Platform

DevOps practices

Monitoring/observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise platforms enabling secure, efficient software delivery and data integration.

The role focuses on automation, self-service capabilities, and reusable patterns to reduce complexity for platform consumers. You will partner with teams to embed reliability into CI/CD and support security, scalability, and observability across the stack.