Platform Engineer (Cleveland, OH – Hybrid)
Optomi, in partnership with a manufacturing leader in the building materials industry, is seeking a Platform Engineer for their Cleveland, Ohio location. The right Platform Engineer will be responsible for configuration, installations, and upgrades to troubleshoot and maintain the hardware and software within the current technology environment. The right Platform Engineer will have at least 2-4 years of experience with platform engineering and infrastructure components.
What the right candidate will enjoy:
- A hybrid work environment!
- Competitive compensation and benefits!
- Growth opportunities!
- A collaborative culture of cross-functional teams!
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
- Build hardware configurations, software installations, network requirements and upgrades in alignment with business needs and the defined organizational standards.
- Assist in troubleshooting issues by following user guides or manuals to improve platforms in alignment with application goals.
- Provide support in configuring and integrating DevOps tools (such as API Gateway, Teraform) with other services such as authentication, caching, and logging to support processes as per organizational needs.
- Work closely with DevOps engineering and production team to conduct testing on new features and services, and support production launches.
- Refine and review templates and scripts to assist in implementing and maintaining automated fulfillment mechanisms to optimize delivery of key platform services.
- Create prioritized team task lists and identify dependencies on other teams that work with a platform to ensure smooth operations.
- Identify security threats and suggest remedial measures to comply with a strict security compliance.
- Review and refine draft security and resiliency policies, standards, and procedures that forms the basis of protecting the infrastructure and ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Provide support in producing high-level design documentation by taking responsibility for specific sections and ensuring their accuracy.
- Compile data and preliminary research regarding user requests for new/modified systems or problem resolution.
- Coordinate platform changes and customizations with vendors, ensuring clear communication of requirements.
Experience of the right candidate:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or in lieu of a degree, at least 3 years of experience in the role of Platform Engineer or related position.
- 2-4 years of experience in platform engineering and infrastructure components.
- Experience in automated interaction with physical infrastructure.
- Moderate understanding of managing and maintaining cloud-based environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Familiarity with monitoring and log management tools such as Nagios, Splunk, and ELK.
- Moderate understanding of developing and implementing backup and disaster recovery strategies.
- Strong scripting experience in languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, and Terraform.
