Platform Engineer

Description

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to advance the reliability, security, and scalability of our engineering platform in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This position focuses on building a consistent developer experience by strengthening automation, deployment practices, infrastructure standards, and operational visibility. The ideal candidate will shape platform capabilities with a product mindset, enabling internal teams to deliver software more safely and efficiently while supporting enterprise growth and modern AI-enabled services.

Responsibilities:
Define and evolve a platform strategy that improves consistency, resilience, and ease of use for internal engineering teams.
Build and maintain CI/CD frameworks that support dependable delivery, stronger release controls, and reduced operational risk.
Create and manage infrastructure as code solutions, including reusable Terraform components that promote standardization across environments.
Embed security into platform workflows through automated guardrails such as secrets management, policy enforcement, encryption controls, and secure configuration practices.
Develop release automation and progressive delivery approaches that improve deployment safety and accelerate recovery when issues arise.
Establish observability capabilities across distributed services to enhance monitoring, troubleshooting, and service performance insights.
Partner with engineering leaders, developers, and external vendors to implement platform standards and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
Improve cloud operations by strengthening identity and access controls, governance practices, and runtime visibility across AWS-based environments.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, including senior or principal-level ownership.
Demonstrated expertise managing production CI/CD systems in environments with significant scale and complexity.
Strong hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, with Terraform preferred for reusable module development.
Solid background in DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability management, secrets handling, and policy-as-code implementation.
Experience designing and operating observability solutions for distributed applications and microservices.
Deep understanding of AWS services, Kubernetes, Ansible, IAM, networking, and secure cloud architecture principles.
Proven ability to establish technical standards across multiple engineering teams and guide contributions from third-party partners.
Familiarity with software development lifecycle practices, toolchain optimization, and operational metrics such as MTTR.

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