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Senior Platform Engineer

Shi*** · San Diego, CA, United States
San Diego, CA, United StatesExp: 7+ yrs141,000-212,000 USD/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
141,000-212,000 USD/yearly
Location
San Diego, CA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa

Job summary

The Senior Cloud Platform Engineer is tasked with designing, building, and operating scalable platform infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and private cloud environments. This role involves developing reusable infrastructure-as-code modules, building CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining container and Kubernetes capabilities using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Go to enhance developer productivity and operational efficiency.

Benefits

BonusBenefitsEquity

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in platform engineering or related discipline.
  • Experience designing and operating production infrastructure in Azure or AWS.
  • Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Hands-on experience with containerized workloads and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar programming languages.
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines and self-service infrastructure capabilities.
  • Strong Linux systems administration experience.
  • Knowledge of cloud and enterprise networking.
  • Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability for production platforms.
  • Understanding of platform security and identity management.
  • Ability to lead complex technical initiatives independently.
  • Strong documentation and communication skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate scalable platform infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and private cloud environments.
  • Develop reusable infrastructure-as-code modules and automation frameworks.
  • Own platform initiatives from design through production operations.
  • Build and maintain container and Kubernetes platform capabilities.
  • Develop platform tooling and automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Go.
  • Establish and maintain platform standards for reliability and security.
  • Support capacity planning and performance tuning.
  • Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and developer-facing platform services.
  • Troubleshoot complex platform and application integration issues.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for automation and reliability improvements.
  • Provide technical guidance to other engineers.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and after-hours maintenance.

Skills

AnsibleAWSAzureGoHelmIAMKubernetesLinuxPythonTerraformVMware

Certifications

CloudKubernetesTerraformPlatform-engineering certifications

Degrees

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field

Relocation

No