What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer position at Ascendion?
About Ascendion:
Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000 Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.
Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
- Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
Experience a community of change-makers!
Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
About the Role:
Job Title: Platform Engineer
Key Responsibilities:
- In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more public cloud experience (Azure, AWS, GCP etc.), one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (i.e., Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.)
- Hands on coding requirement
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in RDBMS and NoSQL i.e., Cassandra
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in data streaming platform i.e., Kafka
- Ability to execute design principles of cohesively build and operate secure, durable, flexible, accessible solutions. Requires an understanding of relevant development languages, tools, frameworks, utilities, and technical dependencies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Automation Frameworks: Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, or similar technologies
- Ability to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes to ensure compliance with company Cloud governance and Global Cyber Security standards.
- fluency in any of the scripting languages such as Python, Shell scripting, or PowerShell.
- Python (Coding)
- Experience implementing security controls, encryption mechanisms, and access management strategies within automated workflows to ensure compliance with Global Cyber Security standards.
- Expertise in various architecture design patterns such as microservices, serverless, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and event-driven architecture.
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, version control systems (e.g., Git), and automated testing frameworks.
Location: Seattle, WA 98134
Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $140,000 - $155,000 annually. Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, and 5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meets the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/ State, 10-15 days of paid vacation time, 6 paid holidays, and 1 floating holiday per calendar year, Ascendion Learning Management System.
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- Tell us about your experiences, education, and ambitions. Bring your knowledge, unique viewpoint, and creativity to the table. Let’s talk!
Salary : $140,000 - $155,000