Platform Engineer III @ Simplicity First

• 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 platforms

• Improve communication and collaboration to enable rapid product development by serving as the liaison between the development and operations teams
• Maintain advanced knowledge of agile/scrum methodology, development processes, and programming languages

QUALIFICATIONS 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