Platform Engineer

The role

You will work on the Enterprise Information Systems team to design, implement, and deliver a roadmap. You will provide operational support for Amazon EKS and build automated policies for code deployment.

What you will do

• Operational support for Amazon EKS self-service functionalities
• Maintain abstractions for segmentation, namespace, scaling, multi-tenancy, ingress/egress, and traffic
• Help implement observability standards across environments
• Provide approachable docs and diagnostics to shorten support loops
• Support code lifecycle and adoption including versioning, migrations, and telemetry
• Build automated policies and processes for code deployment, hygiene, and test practices

Required qualifications

• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 2-5 years of experience building and operating distributed systems
• Proficiency in at least one language (Go, TypeScript, Python, C#)
• Disciplined SCM workflows (branching, reviews, automated gates)
• Working knowledge of CI/CD build pipeline with Github or Gitlab
• Working knowledge of Amazon EKS for feature development and operational support
• Working knowledge of Datadog, Splunk or OpenTelemetry

Nice to have

• Experience with developer connectivity abstractions: K8s CRDs/operators, guardrails (admission, lint, simulation) and automated tests
• Experience with infrastructure as code and delivery: Terraform or CDK, GitOps (GH Actions, Gitlab CI), progressive/canary rollouts, policy-as-code integration
• Familiarity in observability & SLOs (metrics, tracing, structured logs)

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

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