Platform Engineer

Job Title: Platform Engineer

• Demonstrate interest and willingness to learn new technologies/practices.
• Embrace modern CI/CD practices (including automated testing).
• Focus on solving problems, addressing bottlenecks, and eliminating manual work.
• Approach problems with self-service and automation in mind.
• Communicate and collaborate with fellow team members and platform consumers.

• Managing application and Windows and Linux host configuration via tooling such as Ansible.
• Developing log processing configuration to index a variety of application logs.
• Working with consumers to create and enhance CI/CD pipeline templates to create reusable build, test, and deployment automation for custom code and configurations.
• Managing, updating, and orchestrating platforms such as Azure DevOps Server.
• Enabling observability of platforms, applications, and infrastructure by persisting and alerting on metrics stored in DataDog.
• Sharing on-call duties for platform-related issues (week-long rotation, with the ability to flex/trade with other team members).

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a field requiring strong analytical and quantitative skills such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or Information Systems strongly preferred.
• Experience with the SDLC and git.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, specifically with writing pipelines to build, test, and deploy software.
• Experience with GitOps/Infrastructure-as-Code preferred.
• Experience with Observability/Monitoring tooling is a plus.
• Experience developing software in a DevOps model is a plus.
• Experience with cloud platforms is a plus.
• Experience dealing with containerized applications is a plus.