Senior Platform Engineer

Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc. in; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in benefit solutions seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to join their Enterprise Technology Development Team. The role involves developing and maintaining cloud-based platforms, ensuring system stability, and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, and a strong background in software engineering.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience with benefit program administration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, implement, and maintain proprietary business system platforms.
• Troubleshoot systems problems and improve applications.
• Set up and maintain cloud infrastructures using IaaC.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Terraform

Ansible

AWS CDK

AWS CLI

Git

REST APIs

Microservice architectures

C# (.NET Framework)

SQL Server

TypeScript/JavaScript

Time-management

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer (Finance)

As a member of the Enterprise Technology Development Team, a Sr Platform Engineer develops, tests, implements, and maintains proprietary business system platforms for Empyrean and our clients. They are responsible for troubleshooting systems problems and issues and identifying ways to improve existing or developed applications. They are also responsible for setting up and maintaining cloud infrastructures. This role requires the ability to write and maintain infrastructure as code (IaaC) using Terraform against mostly AWS to ensure repeatable and predictable infrastructure deployment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work within an agile development team working in sprints with deliverables and demonstration of results
• Participate in architectural design meetings
• Work closely with principal/staff engineers when implementing/changing platform features
• Perform code reviews and uphold coding standards
• Share platform improvements/changes with the development teams
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure proper documentation of standard procedures
• Maintain existing tools and infrastructure as necessary
• Provide production environment support, including troubleshooting and ensuring system stability
• Mentor other engineers and help raise the skill level of the team
• Stay current with industry trends and making recommendations to help the organization innovate and excel

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Thorough knowledge of cloud platforms, such as AWS/Kubernetes
• Advanced Terraform / Ansible skills / AWS CDK / AWS CLI
• Advanced Git skills
• Advanced knowledge of build and deployment tools
• Advanced knowledge of REST APIs
• Preferred knowledge of web architectures, libraries, and tools
• Preferred knowledge of microservice architectures, libraries, and tools
• Preferred knowledge of databases
• Preferred knowledge of design patterns
• Preferred C# (.NET Framework) skills
• Preferred SQL Server skills
• Preferred TypeScript/JavaScript skills
• Advanced time-management and multi-tasking skills
• Advanced written, verbal communication skills, specifically documentation
• Detail-oriented, quality conscious yet flexible to other's ideas and suggestions
• Experience with benefit program administration, and health and welfare processes a plus

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree preferred (or equivalent years of experience in computer science or completion of related boot camp program)
• 7-10 years of experience as a software engineer

Disclaimer: Managers have the right to assign or redesign the responsibilities of the above-mentioned job description without notice and at any time

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