Neo4j Platform Engineer - W2 Only

Role: Platform Engineer Neo4j

Location: Remote

Duration: Long Term

Note: Need W2 Candidates Only

Description:

We are seeking a Platform Engineer with a strong interest in DevSecOps practices, cloud-native platforms, containerization, and graph databases. This role is ideal for an engineer who is eager to learn, proactive in solving problems, and motivated to grow into a technical leader while contributing to the reliability, security, and scalability of our platform ecosystem. This Platform Engineer will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to support CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, container platforms, and an internal LLM-enabled application built for Neo4j, while helping to establish and follow platform best practices.

As a Platform Engineer – Neo4j you will:

•          Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevSecOps practices, including Git-based workflows, artifact management, security controls integration, and containerized workloads (Docker/Kubernetes)

•          Develop automation solutions using scripting languages or AI platforms to automate operational tasks to improve platform reliability and efficiency

•          Provide platform and DevOps support for a graph database application, including deployments, upgrades, configuration management, and environment maintenance

•          Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across storage, networking, load balancers, firewalls, and security groups, analyzing logs and metrics to identify root causes and recommend solutions

•          Document platform best practices, promote operational standards, and support incident response and problem resolution efforts

Desired Skills and Experience

•          3-4 years of experience in Platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or system administration

•          Experience building, deploying, maintaining, and scaling Neo4j and related applications

•          Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) systems, such as AppDynamics

•          Experience integrating with observability and monitoring/logging tools, such as Splunk

•          Must know containers, k8s, and Helm

•          Exposure to Kubernetes distributions; prefer RKE experience, but similar experience with other distributions such as OpenShift acceptable

•          Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and deployments or similar (Jenkins, GitLab)

•          General cloud knowledge required, Google Cloud Platform experience preferred

•          Understand the Container Storage Interface and implemented applications, preferably Portworx CSI (PX-CSI)

•          Basic understanding of: Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls) and Load balancing (application and network)

•          Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

•          Exposure to API gateways and API management platforms

•          Understanding of security fundamentals (certificates, TLS, secrets management)

•          Eager to learn and grow technically in a fast-paced environment

•          Proactive and self-motivated, willing to take ownership of problems

•          Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

•          Interest in building reliable, secure, and scalable platforms