What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer position at Empower Professionals?
Role: Platform Engineer (looking so a senior to lead level resource)
Full Comprehensive Benefits- health dental vision
Location: 5 days onsite in Cleveland, Ohio, they have a relocation package if needed
Duration: FTE role with Sherwin Williams
Cannot submit anyone that has been submitted to Sherwin Williams in 6 months
No Sponsorship is offered by the client
Three step IV:
HR round
2 virtual rounds
Must Haves:
AZURE
Terraform
ANSIBLE, CHEF, OR puppet- heavy usage
Programming Language
Kubernetes- heavy usage
Platform engineer not so specifically heavy in the apps and Infra space, automation is key
Job Description:
The Senior Platform Engineer role is responsible for designing, building, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and maintaining platforms within the current technology environment. The role involves analyzing complex technical problems, developing appropriate solutions to maintain the overall integrity of the platform, including operating systems, hardware and software infrastructure that are critical to the company's user populace and application environments. They collaborate with other IT professionals such as Application, Architect, and Database Engineers to ensure that all components of the platform are working efficiently, securely, and resiliently. The Senior Platform Engineer uses their extensive knowledge of both traditional and modern platforms to ensure high performance and reliability of the company's infrastructure, including both cloud and on-premises systems, in support of DevOps efforts and general business and IT objectives.
WHAT THE ROLE WILL DO:
- Maintain the platform hardware, software, and network requirements in alignment with business needs and organizational standards defined
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise to continuously improve platforms in alignment with application goals
- Manage and configure DevOps tools (such as API Gateway, Teraform) to support processes as per organizational needs
- Collaborate with DevOps engineering and production team to update, troubleshoot and maintain platforms and environments to bring new features and services into production
- Identify, prioritize, implement and maintain automated and orchestrated fulfillment mechanisms to optimize delivery of key platform services
- Coordinate the tasks of other teams that work within the target platform to ensure smooth operations
- Identify and mitigate security threats to comply with a strict security compliance
- Develop and implement security and resiliency policies, standards, and procedures to protect the infrastructure and ensure compliance with regulations
- Produce high-level design documentation where required
- Conduct technical research regarding user requests for new/modified systems or problem resolution
- Manage vendor relationships and discussions related to design docs, platform changes, and other modifications, as needed
WHAT THE INCUMBENT WILL NEED:
- Education
o Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field. In lieu of a degree, at least 7 years of experience in the role of Platform Engineer or related position
o Preferred
- Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer preferred
- Skills and Experience
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Knowledge & Experience experience in platform engineering and infrastructure components Experience in automated interaction with physical infrastructure Experience in managing and maintaining cloud-based environments such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure Experience with monitoring and log management tools such as Nagios, Splunk, and ELK Experience in developing and implementing backup and disaster recovery strategies Excellent scripting experience in languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, and Terraform
Technical Skills Programming Languages Cloud Technologies & Platforms Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) DevOps Methodology Software Packaging and Deployment Procedures Operating Systems Network Operations, Configuration, & Services Containerization Monitoring and Logging Integration Technology | 3 years of hands-on experience with containerization technologies, including Docker, and Kubernetes and Rancher for orchestration and cluster management Proven expertise in maintaining platform-level runtimes, including ingress controllers (e.g., NGINX), TLS certificate lifecycle management (e.g., cert-manager), and secrets management integrations (e.g., HashiCorp Vault) Experience deploying and managing observability tools, such as Sysdig for monitoring and CVE scanning, Fluentd for log forwarding, and Elasticsearch for log analysis Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools, particularly ArgoCD, to support continuous deployment workflows Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex information to non-technical stakeholders and vice versa
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