Senior Platform Engineer - Linux, Cloud & DevOps Automation

University of Maryland; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 132,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer within the Division of Information Technology (DIT). This role develops and maintains Enterprise Linux Services across on‑prem, virtualized, and cloud environments, emphasizing automation and DevOps practices to ensure high uptime and reliability.

Responsibilities include deploying patches, provisioning machines, and building scalable CI/CD pipelines using Puppet, Ansible, Satellite, GitLab, and AWS CloudFormation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) years of professional experience implementing and managing enterprise solutions.
• Experience substitutable on a year-for-year basis for up to four years of education.

Responsibilities

• Manage Linux-based enterprise infrastructure across on‑prem, virtualized, and cloud environments.
• Automate OS provisioning, patching, and configuration management using Puppet, Ansible, and GitLab CI/CD.
• Design and implement scalable, secure DevOps pipelines and cloud architectures.

Skills

DevOps principles

Linux administration

Cloud environments

Automation scripting

Incident response

Education

Bachelor’s degree

RHCSA/RHCE or equivalent

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Satellite

GitLab

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Job description

The University of Maryland is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer within the Division of Information Technology (DIT). This role develops and maintains Enterprise Linux Services across on‑prem, virtualized, and cloud environments, emphasizing automation and DevOps practices to ensure high uptime and reliability.

Responsibilities include deploying patches, provisioning machines, and building scalable CI/CD pipelines using Puppet, Ansible, Satellite, GitLab, and AWS CloudFormation.