Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Spectraforce Technologies; SeaTac (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies in SeaTac, WA is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable infrastructure that underpins our applications and services. You will collaborate with software engineers, DevOps, and security teams to enhance reliability and efficiency of the platform.

The role emphasizes infrastructure as code, automated pipelines, cloud architecture across AWS/Azure/GCP, and robust observability, security, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).
• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or Go) for automation.
• Knowledge of observability and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable platform infrastructure.
• Develop automated deployment pipelines and IaC solutions.
• Architect and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Enforce security and compliance in deployments.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with software engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident resolution.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

Infrastructure

Cloud

CI/CD

Scripting

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

AKS

GKE

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

New Relic

Job description

Spectraforce Technologies in SeaTac, WA is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable infrastructure that underpins our applications and services. You will collaborate with software engineers, DevOps, and security teams to enhance reliability and efficiency of the platform.

The role emphasizes infrastructure as code, automated pipelines, cloud architecture across AWS/Azure/GCP, and robust observability, security, and performance improvements.