Neo4j Platform Engineer - W2 Only

Location: Remote

Duration: Long Term

Note: Need W2 Candidates Only

Description

We are seeking a Platform Engineer with a strong interest in DevSecOps practices, cloud-native platforms, containerization, and graph databases. This role is ideal for an engineer who is eager to learn, proactive in solving problems, and motivated to grow into a technical leader while contributing to the reliability, security, and scalability of our platform ecosystem. This Platform Engineer will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to support CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, container platforms, and an internal LLM-enabled application built for Neo4j, while helping to establish and follow platform best practices.

As a Platform Engineer Neo4j You Will

Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevSecOps practices, including Git-based workflows, artifact management, security controls integration, and containerized workloads (Docker/Kubernetes)

Develop automation solutions using scripting languages or AI platforms to automate operational tasks to improve platform reliability and efficiency

Provide platform and DevOps support for a graph database application, including deployments, upgrades, configuration management, and environment maintenance

Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across storage, networking, load balancers, firewalls, and security groups, analyzing logs and metrics to identify root causes and recommend solutions

Document platform best practices, promote operational standards, and support incident response and problem resolution efforts

Desired Skills And Experience

3-4 years of experience in Platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or system administration

Experience building, deploying, maintaining, and scaling Neo4j and related applications

Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) systems, such as AppDynamics

Experience integrating with observability and monitoring/logging tools, such as Splunk

Must know containers, k8s, and Helm

Exposure to Kubernetes distributions; prefer RKE experience, but similar experience with other distributions such as OpenShift acceptable

Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and deployments or similar (Jenkins, GitLab)

General Cloud Knowledge Required, GCP Experience Preferred

Understand the Container Storage Interface and implemented applications, preferably Portworx CSI (PX-CSI)

Basic understanding of: Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls) and Load balancing (application and network)

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Exposure to API gateways and API management platforms

Understanding of security fundamentals (certificates, TLS, secrets management)

Eager to learn and grow technically in a fast-paced environment

Proactive and self-motivated, willing to take ownership of problems

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

Interest in building reliable, secure, and scalable platforms