Junior Platform Engineering Cohort

Koddi • Fort Worth, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Koddi is excited to announce a Platform Engineering training program geared towards recent graduates with Computer Science, Information Technology, or related degrees, as well as recent grads who have completed coding bootcamps! The Koddi Impact Program is an intensive 8-week training program that includes all aspects of Platform Engineering at Koddi. In addition to technical training during this program, and on an ongoing basis, we will also provide instructor-led and self-paced leadership development opportunities.

Requirements

• Graduating by May 2026 with a BS/MS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field - OR - completion of a rigorous coding bootcamp with demonstrated infrastructure or systems coursework
• Available onsite in Fort Worth, TX Monday-Friday during the 8-week cohort, and full-time after
• Git proficiency - branching, PRs, and basic workflows are non-negotiable given the team’s IaC review process
• At least one scripting language at a working level (Python or Bash preferred - Bash is used in CI/CD, Python for tooling and automation)
• Strong written communication - the team values async documentation, and juniors write runbooks and design doc sections from early on

Nice To Haves

• Docker or container exposure (any coursework or personal project counts)
• Any cloud provider experience - AWS free tier, Azure student credits, lab environments all count
• Terraform or IaC coursework or personal projects
• Linux command-line comfort (file permissions, process inspection, log navigation)
• Any monitoring tool experience - free-tier Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain Terraform modules for AWS and Azure resources - real production infrastructure, reviewed through the team’s PR process
• Build and configure monitoring alerts in Datadog - Kubernetes node health, cron job queue monitors, CI/CD pipeline latency, Azure App Registration expiry notifications
• Maintain and improve GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines - implementing pre-commit hooks (trufflehog, tfsec), optimizing Docker build steps, improving pipeline reliability
• Support Kubernetes cluster operations on EKS (AWS) and AKS (Azure) - reading cluster state, auditing service accounts, helping troubleshoot pod-level issues
• Contribute to security hygiene tasks - IAM role auditing, RDS snapshot cleanup, pre-commit scanning rollout
• Write runbooks and operational documentation - the team depends on clear async docs and every contributor writes them
• Support senior engineers on larger-scale projects (K8s cluster modernization, CDN infrastructure, platform tooling)
• Attend team ceremonies - daily standups, biweekly retrospectives, and Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees