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Senior Platform Engineer

Recruitment.ai
San Jose, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 8/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/20/2026
 
Project Overview
  • Building new platform for secured environment
    • Commercial and government deployments
    • AWS-based: Kubernetes, S3, EKS, SQS, SNS
    • Some infrastructure components
  • Tight 3-month timeline for 2 senior resources
  • Focus on hands-on implementation, not just consulting
Resource Requirements
  • Core skills needed:
    • Platform engineering expertise
    • Kubernetes proficiency
    •  Security experience (environmental/compliance)
    •  Terraform IC work
  • Hands-on doers for immediate impact
Implementation Scope
  • Infrastructure setup tasks:
    • Terraform configuration
    • Kubernetes cluster setup
    • IAM roles configuration
    • Firewall and networking setup
    • CI/CD pipeline establishment
  • Team augmentation for existing focused team

Salary : $50 - $60

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