Platform Engineer - Las Vegas, NV

Photon Career Site

87d • $33,000 - $118,000

About The Position

The Platform Engineer role combines responsibilities of a Release Engineer with a focus on monitoring tools such as Kibana, Dynatrace, and Apigee. The position requires strong experience in cloud engineering, particularly with core AWS services including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Route 53, Backups, EKS, SSO, MSK, Security Hub, and GuardDuty, along with related security and compliance tooling. Candidates should possess advanced networking knowledge, including hands-on experience with AWS Transit Gateway and Direct Connect, as well as observability and monitoring skills using tools like Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. The role also emphasizes infrastructure as code and automation, requiring proficiency in Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and Shell scripting. A solid understanding of container orchestration with Kubernetes and Istio is essential, along with experience in security and patching in cloud-native environments. The ideal candidate will have a problem-solving mindset and the ability to work efficiently in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Strong experience with core AWS services.
• Advanced networking knowledge with hands-on experience in AWS Transit Gateway and Direct Connect.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools like Amazon CloudWatch and Grafana.
• Proficient in Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and Shell scripting.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes (EKS) and Istio service mesh.
• Experience in security and patching in cloud-native environments.
• Hands-on Python development experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with hybrid connectivity solutions.
• Familiarity with proactive alerting and telemetry configuration.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Combine responsibilities of Release Engineer with monitoring tools like Kibana, Dynatrace, and Apigee.
• Utilize core AWS services including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Route 53, Backups, EKS, SSO, MSK, Security Hub, and GuardDuty.
• Implement advanced networking solutions with AWS Transit Gateway and Direct Connect.
• Configure observability and monitoring using Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• Automate infrastructure deployment using Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and Shell scripting.
• Manage container orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS) and Istio service mesh.
• Perform security patching and vulnerability remediation in cloud-native environments.
• Develop scripts and automation tools using Python.
• Collaborate effectively in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental benefits.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Variable pay/incentives.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees