Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud, CI/CD & IaC (Remote)

Fearless

Baltimore (MD)

On-site

USD 121,000 - 196,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Flexible schedules

Medical HSA coverage

401(k) with match

Job summary

Fearless is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead platform modernization for a large federal student aid program. You will architect cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC, while enhancing developer experience and security across engineering teams.

This remote role requires leadership to mentor engineers and standardize practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical vision with business goals, ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable platform delivery across

Qualifications

Minimum of 8 years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or related technical roles.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or four additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Proven ability to standardize observability, environment consistency, and release controls across multiple applications.
Extensive experience designing and supporting cloud-native platforms and shared engineering services.
Strong experience with IaC, CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, and platform automation.
Deep understanding of DevSecOps principles and modern software delivery practices.
Experience implementing enterprise observability, monitoring, and logging using Datadog.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of the enterprise platform supporting software delivery across the customer ecosystem.
Design and build scalable cloud infrastructure, shared platform services, and reusable engineering capabilities.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and deployment automation across multiple development teams.
Establish and standardize platform engineering best practices, architecture patterns, and engineering standards across the organization.
Design and implement observability capabilities using Datadog, including logging, monitoring, dashboards, and alerts.
Build self-service platform capabilities and reusable engineering patterns to improve developer productivity.
Integrate security, compliance, and DevSecOps practices into platform architecture and workflows.