Job#: 3031646 Job Description: Senior Platform Engineer
Senior Platform Engineer needed to support a shared platform used by a large number of application teams. This role is focused on CI/CD pipelines, platform security, and hardened container images within an established agile engineering team.
This is a hands-on role. You'll be working directly with existing pipelines, container images, and security findings in a production environment.
What You'll Do
CI/CD & Developer Pipelines- Improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines across many repositories
- Maintain reusable pipeline templates
- Increase pipeline reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
- Support Maven and NPM build standards
Security & Vulnerability Remediation- Remediate CVEs using Trivy, Snyk, and AWS Inspector
- Maintain compliance with CIS benchmarks and DISA STIGs
- Coordinate remediation with application teams
- Document repeatable security patterns
Container & Image Management- Maintain hardened Docker base images
- Manage images in ECR and Artifactory
- Implement image scanning and validation
- Support teams adopting approved base images
Platform & Infrastructure Support- Build and maintain Terraform modules
- Manage AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, ECR, Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3)
- Support PostgreSQL and Oracle PL/SQL environments
Modernization & Enablement- Convert an existing test suite from Bash to TypeScript
- Reduce technical debt and improve observability
- Create internal documentation
- Provide guidance to developers
- Participate in on-call rotation and incident response
This Role Is Not
- A greenfield cloud build
- An application development role
- A purely architectural or advisory position
Required Experience
- 5+ years in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering
- Strong GitLab CI/CD and Docker experience
- Hands-on CVE remediation and security compliance experience
- Terraform and AWS experience
- Strong TypeScript proficiency
- Experience supporting platforms used by many developers
- Comfortable with on-call responsibilities
- Strong communication skills
During interviews, candidates should expect to discuss real examples of pipeline improvements and security remediation they have personally worked on.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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