Platform Infrastructure Engineer

📋 Description

• Design, construct, and maintain infrastructure based on Azure, primarily focusing on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to ensure reliability, scalability, and enhance developer experience.

• Architect and manage infrastructure that guarantees continuous availability, encompassing zero-downtime deployments, automated rollouts, and the capability to adjust capacity in response to predictable demand fluctuations throughout the year.

• Take ownership of system reliability and maintenance practices, which include patching, upgrades, and configuration management across various environments, ensuring that the infrastructure is healthy, up-to-date, and ready for audits.

• Create and uphold disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including documented runbooks, validated recovery procedures, rollback strategies, and data recovery protocols that can be executed with confidence when necessary.

• Develop and document reusable tools, networking patterns, and infrastructure templates for engineering teams to adopt.

• Collaborate across functions with engineering teams during upcoming infrastructure changes or while understanding their requirements.

• Manage and enhance CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitHub Actions, ensuring the swift, reliable, and secure delivery of workflows.

• Oversee infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, enabling consistent and auditable provisioning across different environments.

• Implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions, including Grafana dashboards and alerts, to provide teams with clear insights into system health.

• Manage identity and access through Microsoft Entra ID, applying least-privilege principles across services and teams.

• Approach all infrastructure tasks with a security-first perspective, proactively identifying risks, enforcing compliance standards, and addressing deviations from established operating procedures.

• Effectively communicate with stakeholders and neighboring teams regarding infrastructure changes, timelines, and dependencies.

• Contribute to the team's knowledge repository by creating runbooks, architecture documentation, and onboarding materials.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure in a production setting.

• Extensive experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster management, networking, scaling, gitops, and day-2 operations.

• Strong comprehension of cloud networking, covering VNets, NSGs, private endpoints, DNS, and ingress/egress patterns.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, with a preference for Terraform.

• Proficient in CI/CD tools, especially GitHub Actions.

• Ability to work effectively in a small, remote team with a significant level of autonomy and ownership.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — capable of working cross-functionally, clearly explaining technical decisions, and keeping stakeholders informed.

• Security-oriented approach to infrastructure design and operations.

• Requirement to be in the Eastern or Central time zone for team collaboration.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation Policy + Sick Time + Holidays

• Paid Parental Leave

• Fully Remote Opportunity

• Healthcare Benefits and 401K

• A culture that supports growth from Startup to Scale Up