Senior Platform Engineer

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

GCP
Terraform
automation
managing
BS Degree and or equivalent work experience in a technical discipline. A minimum of 4 years of experience as a Platform Engineer. Working experience using configuration management
and orchestration tools such as Ansible
or similar. Experience in building
and maintaining containerization platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes. Strong knowledge of Linux (RHEL) and some Windows. Experience with VMware virtualization. Experience in automating cloud deployments in AWS
and/or Azure. Strong scripting background in Bash or Python is a plus. Able to utilize version control tools like Git along with a strong understanding of merging and branching code. Able to work in GitLab. Experience writing YAML and JSON.
Solarwinds
or similar.

Job Details

Onsite in Las Vegas, Nevada

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Platform Engineer to serve as a senior technical leader in our containerized environments. This role will be primarily responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing containerized deployments, while driving Site Reliability Engineering practices to ensure the continuous uptime and robust performance of our critical systems.

Essential Job Functions

  • Drive Site Reliability practices by leveraging systems to monitor and alert to potential problems
  • Develop a process such as a run book to provide guidance to others on the team in the event troubleshooting is necessary
  • Automate operations and infrastructure to enable 0 interaction resolutions for simple problems
  • Continuously monitor containerized applications to ensure proper resource utilization and cost optimization
  • Provide incident management for the team during periods of downtime

Position Requirements

  • BS Degree and or equivalent work experience in a technical discipline.
  • A minimum of 4 years of experience as a Platform Engineer.
  • Working experience using configuration management, automation, and orchestration tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
  • Experience in building, managing, and maintaining containerization platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes.
  • Strong knowledge of Linux (RHEL) and some Windows.
  • Experience with VMware virtualization.
  • Experience in automating cloud deployments in AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and/or Azure.
  • Strong scripting background in Bash or Python is a plus.
  • Able to utilize version control tools like Git along with a strong understanding of merging and branching code.
  • Able to work in GitLab.
  • Experience writing YAML and JSON.
  • Able to create monitoring dashboards using Dynatrace or Openshift or similar.
  • Familiarity setting up event monitoring and alerting in Prometheus, Solarwinds, or similar.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.