Senior Platform Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain automation for AWS and Azure infrastructure platforms across multi-account/subscription and multi-region environments.

• Create reusable, version-controlled, auditable infrastructure modules and transform Terraform, CloudFormation, and Bicep/ARM templates to align with corporate IaC standards.

• Design identity and access frameworks across accounts/subscriptions, enforce least-privilege principles, and establish organization-wide policy and tagging governance.

• Develop self-service tools, templates, and reference patterns for product teams.

• Manage projects from initial proposal to production, overseeing scope, planning, task breakdown, status updates, and risk communication.

• Guide engineers through design reviews, code evaluations, and collaborative programming sessions.

• Create and document cloud best practices, guardrails, and reference architectures.

• Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines for secure, repeatable IaC deployments.

• Write automation scripts in Python and Bash, including configuration management utilizing SaltStack and Ansible.

• Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept to production.

• Develop and maintain tools for metrics, dashboards, and alerting using native monitoring services from AWS and Azure.

• Participate in the L3 on-call escalation rotation and address escalated infrastructure issues.

• Conduct root cause analysis, incident reviews, runbook creation, and platform enhancements.

• Implement FedRAMP, HIPAA, and SOC 2 compliance controls in IaC and policy-as-code.

• Integrate automated security checks into CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.

• Collaborate with SecOps on identity/access design, trust and delegation assessments, and audit documentation.

• Contribute to FinOps by identifying cost anomalies and optimizing cost, performance, and resource utilization.

• Utilize AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor for IaC, scripting, troubleshooting, and documentation tasks.

• Assess AI-assisted operational strategies for platform relevance and compliance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of practical cloud engineering experience.

• Extensive knowledge in AWS or Azure with familiarity in the alternative platform.

• Proficient in AWS CDK using Python.

• Proven history of managing and delivering multi-month infrastructure projects from start to finish.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation, Bicep/ARM, alongside CDK.

• Skilled in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.

• Strong understanding of AWS IAM and Azure Entra ID/RBAC, covering cross-account/subscription access and least-privilege enforcement.

• Experience with containerized cloud-native ecosystems and Kubernetes, including EKS and/or AKS.

• Familiarity with configuration management: SaltStack is essential, or Ansible, Chef, or Puppet with a willingness to learn Salt.

• Strong scripting capabilities: Python is required; Bash or PowerShell is a plus.

• Previous experience in integrating security tools within development and deployment processes.

• Exceptional troubleshooting and communication abilities, particularly in resolving escalated L3 infrastructure incidents.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Ability to operate across multiple time zones in a hybrid or remote work setup.

• May be required to undergo a pre-employment criminal background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work environment.

• Travel may be required based on company needs.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Pre-employment criminal background check process.