Senior Platform Engineer

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The Sr Platform Engineer is essential for developing and optimizing platform services that support core data workloads and infrastructure performance. It involves designing deploying and enhancing platform architecture with a focus on security cost-efficiency and operational excellence. The position requires collaboration with engineering data and product teams within an Agile environment to improve platform capabilities. Success is measured by the robustness efficiency and automation of platform services that enhance developer experience. The work directly impacts the technological framework that supports organizational objectives and customer solutions.

We are a team that encourages innovation and advocates an agile and open approach truly working and playing in the Un-carrier way!

Job Responsibilities:

• Designs Develops and deploys platform services to enhance infrastructure performance security and cost-efficiency
  • Design deploy and maintain platform infrastructure across hybrid environments (on-prem AWS and Azure)
  • Architect and manage compute storage and networking resources across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
  • Support containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes to standardize deployment practices
• Optimizes existing platform services to handle core data workloads efficiently
  • Ensure system reliability performance and security through proactive monitoring automation and performance tuning
  • Troubleshoot complex platform and application integration issues impacting performance or availability
  • Develop execute and tune DML logic queries data migrations transformations and batch operations for performance and reliability
  • Drive incident analysis and reliability reviews to improve operational posture and system resilience
• Collaborates with engineering data and product teams to advance platform capabilities
  • Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident resolution and root cause analysis
  • Own DML operations for platform-managed databases (Postgres Oracle Cassandra) while collaborating with the Enterprise team responsible for DDL and schema governance
  • Design and maintain Kafka-based data streaming and message-driven workflows to enable asynchronous and event-based platform operations
  • Partner across engineering DevOps and data teams to design scalable solutions and resolve complex issues
• Focuses on automation and operational excellence to improve developer experience
  • Build enhance and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform Ansible or CloudFormation
  • Develop automation pipelines and scripts (Python Bash PowerShell) to eliminate manual processes and improve consistency
  • Lead CI/CD improvements for infrastructure deployments using GitLab CI/CD Jenkins or similar tools
  • Create reusable automation patterns and documentation for team-wide adoption
  • Lead initiatives to enhance monitoring alerting and observability using Prometheus Grafana ELK CloudWatch or Azure Monitor
  • Design and implement self-healing automation and proactive reliability improvements
• Ensures robust platform architecture and practical engineering solutions
  • Engineer hybrid connectivity solutions and optimize network paths between datacenters and cloud services
  • Define and implement caching strategies (Redis Memcached or similar) to improve performance and reduce database load
  • Champion automation-first data-informed and DevOps practices across platform teams
• Works within an Agile environment to streamline processes and enhance productivity
  • Contribute to Agile ceremonies driving infrastructure readiness and delivery excellence

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelors Degree plus 3 years of related work experience OR advanced degree with 1 year of related work experience OR combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science or Related Field (Preferred)
• 4-7 years - Developing and deploying platform services with a focus on automation and operational excellence
• 4-7 years - Collaborating with engineering data and product teams in an Agile environment to advance platform capabilities
• 4-7 years - Optimizing infrastructure for performance security and cost-efficiency in a cloud environment

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Agile Methodologies Expertise in applying Agile practices and principles to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software development projects. (Required)
• Technical Leadership Ability to lead platform engineering teams providing technical guidance and support in a dynamic environment. (Required)
• Problem Solving Strong analytical skills to solve complex technical issues and optimize platform performance and security. (Required)
• Data Management Proficient in managing and structuring large datasets to improve platform functionality and developer experience. (Required)
• Collaboration Effective in working cross-functionally with various teams to enhance platform capabilities and achieve business goals. (Required)
• Security In-depth understanding of cybersecurity principles to safeguard platform integrity and data privacy. (Required)

Licenses and Certifications:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Certification that validates the ability to design build configure and expose native cloud applications for Kubernetes an essential skill for platform engineers working with container orchestration. (Preferred)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Certification demonstrating proficiency in designing distributed systems and applications on the AWS platform which is crucial for optimizing platform services in cloud environments. (Preferred)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) An advanced-level certification for IT pros serious about careers in information security focusing on managing and securing corporate environments aligning with the security aspects of the role. (Preferred)

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): No

DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No

Base Pay Range: $116000 - $209300

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidates actual pay will be based on various factors such as work location qualifications and experience so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

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