Senior Platform Engineer, Product Facing Systems

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

📋 Description

• Contribute to the design, development, and upkeep of the platform that supports enterprise system applications, integrations, and services.

• Assist throughout the entire lifecycle, from initial concept to delivery and post-launch support.

• Lead technology strategy, best practices, and roadmap development at Abercrombie & Fitch.

• Implement and deliver associate experiences on Product Facing Systems.

• Operate, maintain, and enhance applications running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).

• Investigate emerging technologies, cloud capabilities, Kubernetes advancements, and industry best practices.

• Collaborate with third-party software vendors.

• Design, construct, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

• Design and implement Azure platform architecture, encompassing landing zones, management groups, subscriptions, networking, and governance.

• Manage Kubernetes environments, including resource management, application onboarding, cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, patching, SSL certificates, secrets, credentials, and access management.

• Build, maintain, and deploy infrastructure as code using Terraform.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, certificate renewals, and operational workflows.

• Assist application teams with Kubernetes deployments, troubleshooting, release management, and environment promotion strategies.

• Oversee platform security and access controls, including RBAC, SAS tokens, and Key Vault integration.

• Ensure observability, monitoring, and platform health utilizing tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace.

• Participate in architecture reviews and technical design discussions.

• Promote standardization across environments.

• Diagnose and resolve infrastructure, deployment, and production challenges.

• Establish and uphold engineering, deployment, and operational best practices.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, infrastructure patterns, and deployment templates.

• Collaborate with developers, product owners, architects, business partners, and cross-functional teams.

• Engage in Agile ceremonies, feature planning, dependency management, and project delivery.

• Mentor and assist in onboarding new team members.

• Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and contribute to application and platform roadmaps.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in a dynamic environment managing cloud-based technology.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing, and supporting cloud infrastructure and platform services in Azure, including cloud migrations, governance, networking, and security.

• Proven record of enhancing system reliability and scalability.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform/Bicep), and application deployment automation.

• Strong understanding of platform reliability, scalability, observability, and performance optimization, including monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar solutions.

• Experience in defining and enforcing security standards, access controls, networking patterns, and operational best practices across enterprise environments.

• Familiarity with Java APIs (Spring Boot, Kafka) and React-based UIs, as well as troubleshooting techniques, including profiling and root cause analysis.

• Working knowledge of source control and development tools, including GitLab, Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, and Agile delivery methodologies.

• Proven ability to continuously enhance deployment pipelines, platform capabilities, and engineering practices through automation, AI, and modern DevOps methods.

• Strong understanding of the entire software development lifecycle, from solution design, development, testing, deployment to production support.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills along with a strong work ethic.

• Outstanding communication, facilitation, and collaboration abilities.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Self-motivated individual who thrives on understanding architectural decisions, solving complex challenges, and continuously learning new technologies.

• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced, evolving environment while balancing competing priorities and delivering high-quality results.

• Experience or enthusiasm for leveraging AI & automation tools in day-to-day practices.

• Enthusiasm for supporting the onboarding and mentoring of teammates.

• Preferred experience in retail and/or e-commerce.

🏝️ Benefits

• Incentive bonus program.

• 401(K) savings plan with company match.

• Annual company-wide review process.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Associate assistance program.

• Paid parental and adoption leave.

• Access to fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot.

• Access to mental health and wellness app, Headspace.

• Paid Caregiver Leave.

• Mobile Stipend.

• Paid time off and one paid volunteer day per year.

• Work from anywhere (Mondays and Fridays are “work from anywhere” days for most roles and six work-from-anywhere weeks per year).

• Seven associate wellness half days per year.

• Merchandise discount on all of our brands.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Access to multiple Associate Resource Groups.

• A global team of individuals who celebrate you for being YOU!