Platform Engineer

Overview

On Site
$65 - $70
Contract - W2
Contract - 1 week(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Azure
Devops
Gcp
aws
Platform Engineering

Job Details

Job Description:

Pay Range: $65hr - $70hr

Responsibilities:
  • Analyze and develop/implement scalable, reliable, and efficient platform solutions based on approved designs and business requirements.
  • Automate and streamline platform processes using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
  • Prioritize tasks effectively to ensure that project deliverables and deadlines are met.
  • Monitor systems health and alerts to ensure platform availability and performance and provide necessary support.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems in timely and accurate manner to improve application performance and functionality.
  • Prepare and update documentation as appropriate.
  • Stay up-to-date on the latest platform technologies and best practices.
Required Skills and Experience:
  • Bachelor s degree in computer science, management information system, or other technical discipline.
  • 6-8 years hands on experience performing in a Platform Engineer/DevOps/SRE capacity in a large AWS production environment.
  • Strong experience in platform engineering, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java)
  • Experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Good understanding of multi-tiered application architecture. With exposure to infrastructure concepts like Networking, DMZs, firewalls etc...
  • Good understanding of security best practices.
  • Solid analytical and troubleshooting skills in the areas of AWS, Terraform, UNIX, Networking, DMZ, Firewalls, J2EE, WAF and Web and Application Servers.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks.
  • Cloud: Deep understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
  • Proficiency on cloud development and infrastructure concepts.
  • Experience working on at least one major public cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), preferably AWS.
SSL/Certs:
  • Good understanding of SSL and experience working with CA and Self signed certs.
  • Experience working on CSR generation, renewals, configuring websites/apps/servers for SSL.
CICD Tools:
  • Azure DevOps.
  • Jenkins.
  • IBM UCD/UCR.
  • Solid experience with scripting and automation.
  • Bash.
  • Powershell/windows batch.
  • Ansible.
  • Terraform.
  • Application Servers: Configuration, Administration, and troubleshooting.
  • IBM WebSphere.
  • Apache Tomcat.
  • Webservers: Configuration, Administration, and troubleshooting.
  • IBM HTTP Server.
  • Apache HTTP Server.
  • Nginx.
Experience Working with Containers:
  • Docker.
  • docker swarm/RedHat Openshift/Kubernetes/Nomad.
  • Proven understanding of the UNIX and Linux operating systems:
  • Familiar with basic commands and utilities.
  • Writing/creating Bash/Shell scripts.
  • Experience working with APM products and application/server performance tuning exercises.
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