Platform Engineer Architect

Overview

On Site
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

SANS
Infrastructure Architecture
Embedded Systems
Storage
SQL
Time Series
Apache Kafka
IBM WebSphere MQ
Authentication
Computer Networking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Virtual Machines
SAN
Messaging
Database
Kubernetes
MKS
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Systems Design
High Availability
Collaboration
Terraform
Management
Auditing
Regulatory Compliance

Job Details

Title Platform Engineer Architect

Location Alpharetta / NY ( Hybrid 2-3 days onsite)

Duration: 12+ months contract

Key responsibilities:

Create and govern infrastructure platform catalog

Enforce architectural patterns and standards

Resiliency design and failure domain definitions

Develop infrastructure design solutions in collaboration with CPS core engg team

Leverage SRE organization embedded in application teams to scale for the PEA (Platform Engg & Architecture) charter



Skillsets

Platform Architecture design and engineering practices including but not limited to

o Host platforms: Webfarm, Treadmill, MKS (Morgan Kubernetes)

o Compute: VM, Containers, Serverless

o Storage: Object, File

o Databases: SQL, No-SQL, Time-series

o Messaging: Kafka, MQ

o Observability: Logs, Metrics, Traces

o Security: Authentication, Secrets, Audit Trails

o Networking: Ingress, Services Mesh, DNS



1. Technical Depth in Platform Engineering

2. Architectural thinking and System design

3. Collaboration and influence

4. Automation and Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices

5. Observability, Security and Governance



1. Technical Depth in Platform Engineering

What to evaluate:

Expertise in compute (VMs, containers, serverless)

Deep understanding of storage, networking, messaging, databases

Proficiency with Kubernetes, especially internal variants like MKS

Experience with platform tooling (e.g., Terraform, CI/CD, service mesh)



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2. Architectural Thinking and System Design

What to evaluate:

Ability to create scalable, resilient platform designs

Understanding of failure domains, HA, DR, multi-region architecture

Experience enforcing architectural patterns across teams



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3. Collaboration and Influence

What to evaluate:

Ability to work across platform, application, and SRE teams

Skill in evangelizing and enforcing architectural standards

Comfort influencing without authority in a matrixed organization



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4. Automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Practices

What to evaluate:

Use of Terraform, Helm, or similar tools for IaC

Building and maintaining reusable modules and templates

Driving self-service and automation platforms



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5. Observability, Security, and Governance

What to evaluate:

Implementation of logs, metrics, traces across platforms

Experience with secrets management, auditing, compliance controls

Embedding security and observability in design from the start

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