Staff Platform Engineer - Cloud-Native Platform Lead

HonorVet Technologies; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

HonorVet Technologies in the San Diego area seeks a Staff Platform Engineer to own strategy and execution for client developer platforms, including enterprise GitLab and Artifactory used by 3,000+ users. You will drive cloud-native transformations and define architectural direction for platform teams.

You will mentor engineers, lead multi-region HA deployments, and influence standard practices like GitOps, 12-factor apps, and observability in a hybrid-work environment.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years operating and architecting enterprise-scale platforms.
• 5+ years of self-managed GitLab experience with HA and disaster recovery.
• 5+ years of Artifactory experience in enterprise deployments.
• 3+ years of deep Kubernetes experience in multi-cluster environments.
• 7+ years of expert Linux experience including kernel and networking.
• PostgreSQL HA with Patroni; advanced networking incl. BGP/anycast.

Responsibilities

• Own operational strategy and technical direction for GitLab and Artifactory platforms.
• Lead cloud-native transformations, Kubernetes migrations, and GitOps adoption.
• Drive architecture for multi-region high-availability deployments and active-active patterns.
• Design self-healing systems with automated remediation and chaos engineering practices.
• Establish cloud-native best practices, including 12-factor apps and observability.
• Mentor team members on automation patterns and cloud-native architectures.
• Influence organizational standards for platform engineering and developer experience.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI-assisted operations and service mesh.

Skills

Enterprise-scale platforms

GitLab administration

Artifactory administration

Kubernetes

Linux performance tuning

PostgreSQL HA

Networking (BGP/anycast)

Python/Go/Bash

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab

Artifactory

Kubernetes

Helm

ArgoCD

Flux

Istio

Terraform

Prometheus

Job description

HonorVet Technologies in the San Diego area seeks a Staff Platform Engineer to own strategy and execution for client developer platforms, including enterprise GitLab and Artifactory used by 3,000+ users. You will drive cloud-native transformations and define architectural direction for platform teams.

You will mentor engineers, lead multi-region HA deployments, and influence standard practices like GitOps, 12-factor apps, and observability in a hybrid-work environment.