Role: Platform Engineer
Location: Minnetonka, MN (Onsite)
Job type: Contract
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud and Kubernetes platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Terraform module authoring, repository architecture, Kubernetes administration, and end-to-end observability.
The engineer will be responsible for developing reusable infrastructure modules, establishing platform engineering best practices, supporting Kubernetes environments, and implementing comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
· Design, develop, and maintain reusable Terraform modules at the module-authoring level.
· Establish and maintain scalable Terraform repository layouts, including reusable modules, environments, configurations, and deployment workflows.
· Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions following enterprise standards and best practices.
· Set up, administer, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and workloads.
· Manage Kubernetes resources, deployments, namespaces, services, configurations, secrets, and networking.
· Implement and maintain end-to-end observability across infrastructure, applications, containers, and Kubernetes environments.
· Develop monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry solutions to improve platform reliability.
· Troubleshoot infrastructure, Kubernetes, deployment, and production issues.
· Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, development, security, and application teams to deliver reliable platform solutions.
· Implement automation and standardization to improve deployment efficiency and platform scalability.
· Participate in platform modernization, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
· Follow security, compliance, and operational best practices in all platform implementations.
Required Skills:
· Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including custom/reusable module authoring.
· Experience designing Terraform repository structures and layouts for enterprise environments.
· Strong knowledge of Kubernetes setup, administration, and troubleshooting.
· Experience with Kubernetes deployments, services, namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, networking, and RBAC.
· Strong understanding of end-to-end observability.
· Experience with monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
· Strong Infrastructure as Code and automation experience.
· Experience working in enterprise-scale cloud/platform environments.
· Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
· Experience with Git-based source control and CI/CD practices.
Preferred Skills:
· Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform cloud platforms.
· Experience with Helm and Kubernetes package management.
· Experience with CI/CD tools and automated infrastructure deployments.
· Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, or similar observability platforms.
· Experience with GitHub/GitLab and enterprise repository management.
· Knowledge of cloud security and DevSecOps practices.
· Experience supporting highly available and production-critical platforms.
Education & Experience:
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
· 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or related roles.
· Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Kubernetes is required.
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