Senior Platform Engineer, Information Technology

Overview

NISA Investment Advisors, LLC (NISA) offers customized investment solutions for tax-exempt and taxable institutional clients. NISA manages over $284 billion in fixed income and equity securities and over $148 billion in derivative notional value. We seek bright, motivated individuals who can contribute to our growing team of professionals. Candidates with a high degree of independent thinking skills, strong analytical and quantitative skills, and team playing abilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join our dynamic IT team. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure solutions. Your expertise in CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and AWS will be essential in optimizing and automating our deployment processes while ensuring reliability, security, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform
• Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring scalability and security
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of infrastructure
• Work closely with development and operations teams to improve deployment strategies and system reliability
• Implement security best practices, ensuring compliance with industry standards
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues efficiently
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of best practices
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve the platform
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a field requiring strong analytical and quantitative skills such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or Information Systems preferred
• 5 years of experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Cloud Engineer
• Strong expertise in CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions (Preferred), Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI)
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Proficiency with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, ECS, EKS)
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar language
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture best practices
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Datadog (Preferred) Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Terraform Associate is a plus
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, or Puppet) is a plus
• Knowledge of serverless computing and event-driven architectures
• Understanding of policy-as-code and compliance frameworks (e.g., AWS Config, Open Policy Agent)
• Prior experience leading projects or teams in a cloud engineering capacity preferred
  
  

NISA’s culture encourages collaboration and innovation. We seek self-motivated, intellectually curious individuals willing to push themselves and others in an environment that celebrates fresh thinking. We equip employees with the resources needed to excel and we encourage personal development. NISA is dedicated to internally cultivating and rewarding talent. Employees at NISA are provided with a wide range of benefits, including health, dental, vision and life insurance options, paid time off, a competitive retirement plan, onsite cafeteria, fitness center, a health and wellness program and an educational assistance program.

NISA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.