Associate Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in the upkeep and monitoring of existing cloud infrastructure to ensure it remains scalable, resilient, and efficient.

• Aid in the development and maintenance of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for the provisioning and management of cloud resources.

• Support the maintenance and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines and automate repetitive tasks.

• Implement and maintain solutions for monitoring, logging, and alerting, including log retention and pipeline health.

• Conduct system maintenance, updates, and patches in accordance with Security-led schedules and standards.

• Address basic issues and support tickets, including Tier 2 escalations and auto-escalated alerts.

• Contribute to product and hosting triage runbooks.

• Assist in root cause analysis and documentation of infrastructure incidents.

• Support disaster recovery testing and confirm backup software and configurations.

• Identify opportunities to enhance system performance, resource utilization, and infrastructure costs.

• Assist in implementing security measures such as firewalls, access controls, and encryption.

• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams.

• Document procedures, workflows, configurations, and changes while adhering to Secure SDLC and SCRUM/Agile methodologies.

• Engage in code reviews, mentorship, training, and paired programming.

• Contribute to smaller projects with guidance from experienced colleagues.

• Participate in the Tier 2 on-call rotation outside of regular business hours as needed.

• Utilize generative AI tools like Claude and Copilot to enhance workflows and speed up delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year of professional engineering or IT operations experience with familiarity in cloud infrastructure.

• Basic understanding of cloud platforms.

• Familiarity with scripting languages.

• Basic knowledge of version control systems.

• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and CI/CD pipeline tools.

• Basic understanding of containerization and orchestration concepts (e.g., ECS, ACA, K8s, Docker).

• Familiarity with Agile frameworks.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Detail-oriented with an emphasis on accuracy.

• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

• Experience using generative AI tools like Claude and Copilot to boost productivity and achieve high-quality results.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Software Development, or a related field.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.

• Supportive team environment focused on professional development.

• Flexible work hours and remote work options.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.