Senior Platform Engineer

Collibra; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid time off

Healthcare for employees and dependents

Competitive compensation and equity options

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Collibra is seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer to enhance and operate their multi-cloud platform using Kubernetes and IaC. You’ll join a collaborative team focused on continuous improvement and efficiency.

This role requires hands-on experience with production services and expertise in automation with Golang or Python. The position offers flexibility with work from home opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, emphasizing employee wellbeing and community involvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized services.
• Proven experience in managing production services at scale.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture of platform infrastructure.
• Develop controllers and automations for platform capabilities.
• Participate in on-call rotations and troubleshoot service issues.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitOps

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Golang

Python

System Reliability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

• Become a key member of Collibra’s Platform Infrastructure Engineering team, reporting to the Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineering Manager
• This team builds and operates the essential cloud foundation for all Collibra services
• In this role, your contribution is critical as we evolve our multi-cloud, Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/Helm), Golang automation, and GitOps infrastructure environment for maximum efficiency and resilience, directly impacting Collibra’s operational excellence
• Guided by our value of “Embrace and Drive Change,” we foster a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement that never settles long for good enough, offering you a dynamic environment to advance your technical skills and make a tangible difference
• Developer Enablement: Develop controllers and automations, work with development teams on refinements to platform capabilities
• Platform Contribution: Contribute to the overall architecture of the platform infrastructure, collaborating with other infrastructure engineers using GitOps, IaC and Kubernetes
• Operational Excellence: Participate in on‑call rotations, troubleshoot complex service issues, implement security best practices, and maintain clear documentation (architecture, procedures)
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with platform engineering trends and infrastructure automation, identifying and implementing improvements
• Measures of Success
• Within your first month, you’ll gain exposure to our technical environment and meet the teams you’ll be consistently partnering with
• Within your third month, you’ll independently execute assigned tasks accurately, demonstrating understanding of core platform technologies (Cloud, K8s, IaC, GitOps) and team workflows
• Within your sixth month, you will be participating in key automation initiatives, alongside delivering reliable mid‑complexity infrastructure improvements, driving towards reduction of complexity through refactoring existing automations

Benefits

• {Be}Unplugged: Our paid time off programs include vacation, holidays, sick time and compassionate/bereavement leave. We also offer remote‑friendly meditation sessions and cooking lessons – all of which you’re actively encouraged to use!
• {Be}Informed: Competitive compensation, bonus potential, private company equity, merit reviews and promotion cycles, company pension, discounts programs, access to LinkedIn Learning, employee referral program, employee rewards & recognition, development programs and more!
• When in‑person (office) life resumes, we look forward to more snacks, catered lunches, team offsites and social events (think holiday gift exchange, fundraising events, happy hours, celebrations and more)!
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Work from home opportunities
• {Be}Healthy: Healthcare for yourself and eligible dependents (inclusive of partners/domestic partners), mental health resources and care, tax‑advantaged accounts, income protection, discount programs and more! Additionally, we encourage employees to treat their whole self by offering a bi‑monthly calendar of events and programming dedicated to our {Be}well initiatives which focus on wellbeing areas including emotional, professional & social, financial, physical, allyship & belonging and giving back.
• {Be}With Family: We offer multiple types of leave so that you can spend time with loved ones, including parental leave, caregiver leave and our annual family day. These are all complementary to our culture in which we value output over hours.
• {Be}Kind: Collibra For Good, Unconscious Bias & Allyship training, Manager Racial Injustice training and Collibra‑led fundraisers.
• {Be}Together: Community and belonging with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and personal interest groups, ERG‑driven events, speaker series, and celebrations, a dedicated DEI council, the virtual Collibra cafe, trivia, bingo games and much more.

• Hands‑on experience operating Kubernetes clusters and managing containerized services in production.
• Proven experience designing, building, and managing production services using Kubernetes and GitOps/IaC at a scale of between tens and hundreds of Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience managing production workloads and infrastructure on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Demonstrable experience writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably with Terraform, and proficiency in Golang or Python for automation.
• Because this role supports the US government, it is required that this candidate be a US citizen who resides on US soil.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience is required.
• Preferred skills: CKA / CKAD, Istio, ArgoCD, deep experience with networks, Linux and Kubernetes, experience with monitoring/logging tools and observability spans / traces (e.g., Datadog, Grafana, Honeycomb), and proficiency in creating controllers and other automation patterns to manage Kubernetes resources.
• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot) to solve real‑world business challenges, drive measurable outcomes, or streamline workflows.
• Must be eligible to work in the USA without requiring sponsorship.
• 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or infrastructure‑focused roles with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating the skills below.
• Independently manage and complete assigned work, ensuring deliverables consistently meet defined requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Possess a mindset geared towards efficiency, proactively seeking and evaluating ways to automate manual processes and improve system reliability.
• Experienced in applying systematic troubleshooting and critical thinking to diagnose root causes within distributed cloud infrastructure and propose effective solutions.
• Able to demonstrate initiative in learning and utilizing evolving technologies related to cloud platforms, container orchestration, GitOps, IaC and automation.
• An effective communicator in articulating complex technical details, designs, and trade‑offs clearly to both technical peers and potentially other stakeholders within a distributed team setting.