Platform Engineer

Insight Global is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer for a leading Vancouver-based retailer. This role is a hands-on technical position focused on designing, operating, and evolving GitLab SaaS, Terraform Cloud, and CI/CD automation at enterprise scale. You will collaborate with the Enterprise Platform Engineering team to deliver scalable, resilient DevOps solutions, while driving the adoption of AI-assisted workflows across the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as the primary owner and subject matter expert for GitLab SaaS, including platform governance, configuration, access management, group/project structure, and lifecycle management.
• Design, administer, and support GitLab Runners, CI/CD templates, shared components, and developer self-service capabilities.
• Experience implementing GitOps practices and integrating GitLab with Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes, and enterprise identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, SAML, SSO).
• Manage integrations between GitLab and enterprise tools including identity providers, security tooling, observability platforms, and Terraform Cloud.
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to implement SSDLC standards, access controls, audit requirements, and platform guardrails.
• Drive adoption of GitLab best practices across development teams through enablement, documentation, and coaching.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles
• Deep hands-on experience administering GitLab SaaS or GitLab Enterprise environments, including CI/CD, runners, governance, authentication, permissions, and platform integrations.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native platform engineering practices.
• Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted tools within engineering workflows
• Proven ability to own and operate production platforms end-to-end, including governance, access control, architecture, and scalability (beyond CI/CD pipeline management)

Ask: "Did you own GitLab, or did you just use GitLab?"