Senior Platform Engineer

Empyrean; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Human Resources Services seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to develop and maintain proprietary business systems. This role involves working within an agile team, implementing cloud infrastructures, and writing infrastructure as code using Terraform. Candidates should have extensive experience in AWS, CI/CD, and mentoring other engineers.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Advanced skills in AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tools.
• Experience with microservice architectures and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, implement, and maintain proprietary business system platforms.
• Troubleshoot systems problems and identify improvements.
• Mentor other engineers and uphold coding standards.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

REST APIs

C#

SQL Server

TypeScript

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

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Company Description

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.

• 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
  
  

Company Description

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

Empyrean is an Equal Opportunity Employer: including disability and veterans

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Human Resources Services

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