Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud, Kubernetes & IaC

Early Warning Services LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Maven Family Planning

Job summary

Early Warning Services LLC is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer in Chicago to shape the technical roadmap for the Platform Engineering team. You will architect, build, and document scalable data platform solutions and mentor engineers across the group.

The role emphasizes on-premises and AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation. Hybrid work model and competitive compensation in USD are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8+ years of related industry experience.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD engineering practices.
• Experience with on-premise and AWS Cloud infrastructure.
• Kubernetes platform and orchestration.
• CI/CD Pipelines and Code Management Platforms (Harness, GitLab, Artifactory).
• IaC development (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience with Python/Java/JavaScript/Shell.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration.
• Ability to make cross-team technical tradeoffs.
• Background and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Develops a data platform infrastructure strategy.
• Contributes to strategic direction of Platform Engineering.
• Architects, designs, builds, implements, automates, and documents solutions.
• Mentors junior team members.
• Supports risk management and data confidentiality.

Skills

CI/CD practices

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure

Terraform

Programming: Python/Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or equivalent

Tools

Harness

GitLab

Artifactory

Terraform (IaC)

Job description

Early Warning Services LLC is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer in Chicago to shape the technical roadmap for the Platform Engineering team. You will architect, build, and document scalable data platform solutions and mentor engineers across the group.

The role emphasizes on-premises and AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation. Hybrid work model and competitive compensation in USD are offered.