Senior Platform Engineer

We are seeking a full-time Senior Platform Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area to implement, automate, and support platforms and CI/CD capabilities that enable reliable application delivery across cloud and on-premises environments.

In this role, you will lead complex automation efforts, support Linux-based platforms and related integrations, improve operational reliability and performance, and work as a consultant with development teams to support scalable delivery practices. This role is aligned to a level 3 engineering scope with strong hands-on ownership of automation, platform operations, troubleshooting, and cross-team technical execution. environments.

Essential Functions

• Lead complex infrastructure, automation, and integration efforts across DevOps and platform-related services
• Build and improve automation for provisioning, configuration management, and operational support using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Bash, and Python
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, and related developer tooling
• Troubleshoot complex Linux, platform, routing and integration issues involving infrastructure and configuration as code
• Improve system stability, scalability, alerting, logging, automated recovery, and overall operational performance
• Support implementations while following security, operational, and change management standards
• Use monitoring and operational data to improve uptime, capacity, and service reliability
• Research technologies and evaluate practical solutions that support team and business goals
• Maintain clear technical and configuration documentation and communicate effectively across teams
• Plan and execute technical work independently while supporting development teams with onboarding and day-to-day guidance

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Strong academic performance (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule) with the demonstrated ability to apply learned knowledge
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a cross-functional team setting
• Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, or closely related platform infrastructure in production environments
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Strong understanding of Linux operating systems, TCP/IP networking fundamentals, and containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
• Experience with source and version control practices
• Working skill in one or more scripting or coding languages such as Bash, Python, Ansible, etc.
• Able to think critically, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and work effectively with configuration as code
• Experience supporting or developing CI/CD and platform pipelines
• Work under light supervision and independently determine effective technical approaches and solutions

• Background working in a team environment
• possess a breadth across Linux, networking, and coding or automation disciplines
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and the surrounding platform technologies used to deploy, operate, and support it
• Working knowledge of load-balancing technologies (Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, F5, etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud platform services (ArgoCD, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.)
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OTEL, Elastic, Kibana, etc.)
• Familiarity with high-performance platform environments and supporting development team onboarding
• Exposure to messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to document platform configurations, operational procedures, and technical decisions clearly

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits