Senior AI Platform Engineer

1000 Micron Technology, Inc.; Idaho City (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Retirement/benefits guidance

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. in Idaho City, Idaho is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the SMAI Platform Engineering team. You will build, operate, and maintain platforms powering analytics and AI workloads, contributing to reliability and scalability.

You will collaborate with global teams, implement IaC with Terraform, and help design solutions across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS. Applicants should have 2–4 years of platform administration and hands-on Kafka/Kubernetes experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; 2–4 years of Platform Administration and/or Cloud Engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience administering public cloud platforms and using Terraform for IaC.
• Familiarity with Machine Learning, Data Science, Generative AI, and Agentic AI concepts, including supporting AI/ML workloads.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global platform teams, customers, partners, and vendors to deliver effective technical solutions.
• Know the latest platform roadmaps, emerging technologies, and new service offerings; evaluate and recommend adoption opportunities.
• Partner with solution architects to design, implement, and optimize solutions across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Document findings, operational procedures, guidelines, and reusable patterns while providing feedback to vendors and internal teams.
• Deliver high-quality platform support by managing customer requests, maintaining service standards, and implementing controlled platform adjustments.
• Monitor platform performance, observability, costs, and resource utilization to identify optimization opportunities and improve reliability.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to ensure seamless operations, scalable architectures, and automation, including AI-driven business solutions.
• Implement and maintain security controls, including RBAC and industry-standard frameworks, to protect intellectual property and sensitive data.

Skills

Platform Administration

Cloud Engineering

Apache Kafka

Kubernetes

AI workloads

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Micron Technology, Inc. in Idaho City, Idaho is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the SMAI Platform Engineering team. You will build, operate, and maintain platforms powering analytics and AI workloads, contributing to reliability and scalability.

You will collaborate with global teams, implement IaC with Terraform, and help design solutions across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS. Applicants should have 2–4 years of platform administration and hands-on Kafka/Kubernetes experience.