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Job Description:
Vice President - Senior Platform Engineer
We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President / Senior Platform Engineer to join our Digital Infrastructure and Software Engineering team.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
You will help build, operate, and improve secure, resilient engineering platforms that support modern software delivery, digital infrastructure, and critical business services.
Design, build, and support platform engineering capabilities that enable software teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable applications.
Contribute to Kubernetes-based platform development, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD pipelines to improve engineering productivity and operational stability.
Support cloud-native engineering practices across AWS-based environments, including container orchestration, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure as code.
Partner with engineering teams to troubleshoot complex technical issues, improve deployment practices, and strengthen platform reliability.
Help implement secure software delivery practices and controls aligned to enterprise and regulatory expectations, including vulnerability management and proactive security measures.
Develop and support engineering tooling and automation capabilities using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, Python, and Go.
Enable engineering teams through documentation, knowledge-sharing sessions, and technical guidance that improves adoption of best practices.
Support monitoring, alerting, observability, and incident response capabilities for critical systems and platforms.
Contribute to platform evaluation and tooling decisions to improve developer experience, scalability, and maintainability.
Work with stakeholders across delivery, operations, and product teams to ensure timely and effective technical execution.
Additional Requirements
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Highly self-motivated and proactive.
Strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and software quality.
Ability to work effectively in distributed teams and fast-paced environments.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Commitment to continuous learning and operational excellence.
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
Additional practical experience or postgraduate study in cloud infrastructure, security, or platform engineering is a plus.
EXPERIENCE
Strong experience in platform engineering and DevOps engineering within high-performing technical teams.
Experience building and supporting Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native engineering environments.
Strong familiarity with AWS services including EKS, ECS, RDS, VPC, Secrets Manager, S3, and Route53.
Deep experience with infrastructure as code, GitOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices using Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, GitHub, and GitLab.
Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational support using technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, and CloudWatch.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across complex technical environments.
Experience implementing secure deployment practices, vulnerability scanning, and compliance-focused infrastructure controls.
Experience supporting engineering enablement through guides, training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.
Familiarity with performance optimization and large-scale environment upgrades, including zero-downtime operational changes.
Exposure to distributed financial infrastructure or blockchain-based platforms is a plus.
Experience working across remote or cross-functional teams in delivery-focused engineering environments.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.
UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.
Job Description:
Vice President - Senior Platform Engineer
We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President / Senior Platform Engineer to join our Digital Infrastructure and Software Engineering team.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
You will help build, operate, and improve secure, resilient engineering platforms that support modern software delivery, digital infrastructure, and critical business services.
Design, build, and support platform engineering capabilities that enable software teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable applications.
Contribute to Kubernetes-based platform development, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD pipelines to improve engineering productivity and operational stability.
Support cloud-native engineering practices across AWS-based environments, including container orchestration, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure as code.
Partner with engineering teams to troubleshoot complex technical issues, improve deployment practices, and strengthen platform reliability.
Help implement secure software delivery practices and controls aligned to enterprise and regulatory expectations, including vulnerability management and proactive security measures.
Develop and support engineering tooling and automation capabilities using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, Python, and Go.
Enable engineering teams through documentation, knowledge-sharing sessions, and technical guidance that improves adoption of best practices.
Support monitoring, alerting, observability, and incident response capabilities for critical systems and platforms.
Contribute to platform evaluation and tooling decisions to improve developer experience, scalability, and maintainability.
Work with stakeholders across delivery, operations, and product teams to ensure timely and effective technical execution.
Additional Requirements
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Highly self-motivated and proactive.
Strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and software quality.
Ability to work effectively in distributed teams and fast-paced environments.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Commitment to continuous learning and operational excellence.
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
Additional practical experience or postgraduate study in cloud infrastructure, security, or platform engineering is a plus.
EXPERIENCE
Strong experience in platform engineering and DevOps engineering within high-performing technical teams.
Experience building and supporting Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native engineering environments.
Strong familiarity with AWS services including EKS, ECS, RDS, VPC, Secrets Manager, S3, and Route53.
Deep experience with infrastructure as code, GitOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices using Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, GitHub, and GitLab.
Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational support using technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, and CloudWatch.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across complex technical environments.
Experience implementing secure deployment practices, vulnerability scanning, and compliance-focused infrastructure controls.
Experience supporting engineering enablement through guides, training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.
Familiarity with performance optimization and large-scale environment upgrades, including zero-downtime operational changes.
Exposure to distributed financial infrastructure or blockchain-based platforms is a plus.
Experience working across remote or cross-functional teams in delivery-focused engineering environments.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.
UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.
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