The Platform Engineer III is considered a senior engineer who is responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of cloud infrastructure to support scalable and maintainable software platformsImprove communication and collaboration to enable rapid product development by serving as the liaison between the development and operations teamsMaintain advanced knowledge of agile / scrum methodology, development processes, and programming languagesQUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS :
- Bachelor s degree, technical certification or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of industry experience with frequent, incremental code, testing and deployment.
- 8+ years of industry experience managing IT systems in a virtualized or cloud environment.
- Advanced understanding of cloud infrastructure services ( AWS, GCP, Azure) .
- Advanced understanding of container orchestration tools ( Kubernetes, Docker Swarm ).
- Advanced understanding of scripting languages ( javascript, typescript, python ).
- Advanced understanding of large-scale distributed systems.
- Visual Studio, ASP.NET, VSTS experience desired.
- Version Control : GitHub, ADO
- Familiar with Agile methodology.
- Ability to function with ambiguity to solve complex problems.
- Ability to work with limited supervision
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Leads complex projects that require multiple areas of expertise.
- Contributes to strategic planning meetings and provides guidance and expertise on system options, risk, cost vs. benefits, and impacts on departmental processes and goals.
- Codes and documents custom test automation frameworks.
- Reviews technical design specifications developed by junior levels and creates technical design specifications.
- Provide feedback to junior employees by participating in code reviews.
- Admits mistakes and attempts to achieve the best outcome in the situation.
- Assists in maintenance and troubleshooting of operating environments, including participating in an on-call rotation.
- Builds automated deployments using infrastructure-as-code technology tools (Terraform, Pulumi, etc).
- Sets up and maintains test environments for both manual and automated testing.
- Deploys new modules, upgrades, and fixes to the production environment.
- Ensures the adherence to standards, policies, and procedures.
- Uses best practices to improve services for customers.
- Encourages the open exchange of ideas.
- Customizes and adapts communication and discussion to appeal to the specific interest, need and level of our customers.
SCOPE OF SUPERVISION / AUTHORITY :
- Duties for this position are performed under limited supervision
- You will be responsible for planning and organizing their own work, which may or may not be directly related to general business operations of the company or its customers
- You will receive training and guidance from manager as needed
- Individual contributors may be required to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance depending on the nature of the position
- There is no direct management responsibility for the position
Skills Required
Github, Testing, Visual Studio, Cloud Infrastructure