Site Reliability Engineer - Platform

Kalepa; Cincinnati, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

HSA/FSA

Wellness program

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Core Specialty is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise platforms that enable teams to deliver secure, scalable software. You will implement cloud-native architectures, automate deployments, and create reusable platform patterns across the organization.

This role emphasizes observability, FinOps, DR/BCP, and integration with CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and speed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with source control platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of Power Platform
• Understanding of modern software delivery and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant architectures using cloud-native services (microservices, containers, serverless).
• Define and operationalize SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for critical applications and platforms.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform) to ensure repeatable and compliant deployments.
• Develop automated remediation and self-healing capabilities to reduce MTTR and improve system resilience.
• Establish enterprise-level monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks (Datadog, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Azure Application Insights).
• Drive cost optimization (FinOps) initiatives, including resource utilization tracking and rightsizing recommendations.
• Support DR/BCP strategy execution, including failover testing and regional isolation validation.
• Collaborate with application teams to embed reliability engineering practices into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Automation scripting

DevOps practices

Monitoring & observability

Collaboration & problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Datadog

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

Power Platform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Job Overview

- The Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining enterprise technology platforms that enable teams across the organization to deliver solutions securely, efficiently, and consistently. This role focuses on developing and supporting shared platform capabilities that power software delivery, data integration, file transfer, observability, and analytics. The Platform Engineer creates automation, self-service capabilities, reusable engineering patterns, and platform integrations that improve productivity and reduce complexity for platform consumers. The Platform Engineering team owns the platforms themselves, ensuring they remain secure, reliable, scalable, and easy to consume. Business and operational teams use these platforms to execute their day-to-day processes.

Key Accountabilities & Deliverables

• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant architectures using cloud-native services (microservices, containers, serverless).
• Define and operationalize SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for critical applications and platforms.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform) to ensure repeatable and compliant deployments.
• Develop automated remediation and self-healing capabilities to reduce MTTR and improve system resilience.
• Establish enterprise-level monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks (Datadog, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Azure Application Insights).
• Drive cost optimization (FinOps) initiatives, including resource utilization tracking and rightsizing recommendations.
• Support DR/BCP strategy execution, including failover testing and regional isolation validation.
• Collaborate with application teams to embed reliability engineering practices into CI/CD pipelines.

Experience & Requirements

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over work authorization sponsorship now or in the future for this position.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with source control platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of Power Platform.
• Understanding of modern software delivery and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Compensation & Benefits

• #LI-Hybrid - At Core Specialty, you will receive a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development and advancement.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurances.
• Short and long-term disability.
• A Company-match of 100% of a 6% contribution 401(k) plan.
• An Employee Assistance Plan.
• Health Savings Account.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Health Reimbursement Account.
• Wellness program.

Core Specialty offers a diversified range of property and casualty insurance products for small to mid-sized businesses. From underwriting offices spanning the U.S., the Company focuses on niche markets, local distribution, and superior underwriting knowledge, offering traditional as well as innovative insurance solutions to meet the needs of its customers and brokers.

For further information about Core Specialty, please visit www.corespecialtyinsurance.com.

In compliance with the Transparency in Coverage rule, issued in 2020 by US Departments of Health, Human Services, Labor and Treasury our health plan’s machine-readable files (MRFs) can be accessed via www.Cigna.com.