Senior Platform Ops Engineer

Role Overview

Join the Platform Operations team as a Senior Platform Engineer to build and maintain core platform infrastructure that serves as the foundation for engineering teams across the organization. Focus on building for scale, solving complex problems, and making a measurable impact.

What You Will Do

Build and maintain core platform infrastructure, drive and participate in solution architecture and delivery, develop and operate platform capabilities, design and implement standardized cloud infrastructure patterns, and demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Why It Might Be a Fit

If you enjoy solving complex problems, building for scale, and making a measurable impact, this role might be a fit. You will have the opportunity to work with emerging technologies, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and contribute to the growth of the platform team.

Requirements

• AWS Expertise: 6+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, with a focus on Infrastructure as Code
• Linux Proficiency: Minimum of 4 years of experience managing and maintaining Linux systems
• Automation/Scripting: 3+ years of experience with Python for automation and scripting
• Git and GitOps: Practical experience and comfortable using Git and automated workflows
• AWS Security Knowledge: Familiarity with AWS security best practices, including DNS, secure VPCs, and database security
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Problem-Solving Mindset: Eagerness to learn, grow, and tackle challenges in a fast-paced environment
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code: 3+ years of hands-on experience with Terraform, including module development, state management, and multi-environment workflows
• Networking fundamentals — VPCs, load balancers, DNS, CDNs, service mesh, network troubleshooting
• Monitoring/Observability — Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK stacks
• Incident management experience — PagerDuty, on-call rotations, post-mortem culture

Benefits

• health insurance
• retirement plans
• paid time off

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