Full-Time Platform Engineer
Sprypointservices is hiring a remote Full-Time Platform Engineer. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting Northern America based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure and DevOps Team. Reporting to the DevOps Manager, this role is crucial for ensuring secure, reliable, cost-optimized, and high-performing production systems.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and maintain production environments for optimal performance, security, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
- Implement and manage AWS services (EC2, Elastic Load Balancers, RDS, DynamoDB, Route 53, and networking).
- Manage and configure NGINX and reverse proxy setups.
- Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures.
- Manage containerized applications in production using Docker.
- Assist in migrations from Elastic Beanstalk to ECS/EKS.
- Utilize Datadog and log analysis for effective troubleshooting.
- Monitor system performance and implement performance tuning as needed.
- Implement IaC and Configuration Management tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Develop Bash and Python scripts for automating infrastructure tasks.
- Handle requests from other teams for access, backups, IP whitelisting, and database synchronization.
- Provide technical assistance for client setups (SSO, EPOS printer).
- Participate in on-call rotations for Tier 3 support.
- Collaborate with Client Success and Product Development teams during client go-live events.
- Work closely with DevOps engineers on cloud architecture and automation.
- Collaborate with the ITSEC team to ensure security compliance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in platform engineering or similar roles.
- Proficiency in AWS services (Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, Load Balancers, networking, Route 53, RDS, DynamoDB, Systems Manager, Secrets Manager, Certificate Manager, Transfer Family).
- Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
- Familiarity with NGINX and reverse proxy configurations.
- Proficiency in troubleshooting with log analysis and monitoring tools (Datadog).
- Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to independently address challenges.
- Excellent problem-solving and attention to detail skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with IaC tools (AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible).
- Experience with large-scale cloud migrations and containerization.
- Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.
- Knowledge of Java applications.
- Experience with load testing and performance tuning (K6, JMeter).
- Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Experience with Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins.