Platform Engineer

Quindar • Arvada, CO

4d • $145,000 - $186,000

About The Position

Quindar is hiring a Platform Engineer to architect, automate, test, deploy, and maintain highly available software infrastructure running in Kubernetes across cloud and on-premises environments. The role owns the Kubernetes deployment strategy and partners with software engineers to shape architecture and product delivery. It also implements DevSecOps practices focused on security and compliance, including SOC 2, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP Moderate controls.

The engineer will develop secure ingress and egress connectivity to customer and vendor data centers in multi-tenant and single-tenant environments, and establish best practices for service availability, latency, and performance. The position includes direct work with customers to deploy architectures in cloud environments and offline or secure facilities, while maintaining alignment with Quindar’s infrastructure vision. The engineer joins a frontend and backend engineering team working in an Agile Scrum environment.

Requirements

• Expertise managing Kubernetes-based architecture and providing platform infrastructure in a production environment.
• Strong proficiency developing Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform or alternative tools.
• Proficiency in Python and experience working with software teams developing distributed microservice capabilities.
• Working knowledge of monitoring tools such as New Relic, Datadog, Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, or similar.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud services and ability to assess cloud-native versus self-hosted capabilities.
• Understanding of networking, including VPNs, NLBs/ALBs, HTTPS, TLS, and CDN.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, containerized applications, and serverless architecture.
• Strong knowledge of designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting APIs, distributed NoSQL and relational databases, caching systems, event-driven architectures, and multi-tier architectures.
• Strong knowledge of task automation and CI/CD pipeline building.
• Understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and cost-effective cloud architecture.
• Experience using identity and access management via Auth0 or Okta.
• Familiarity with Git and GitHub or a similar version-control framework.
• Deep technical analysis and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently, complete projects on time, and require minimal guidance.
• High standards for software maintainability, quality, resilience, and performance.
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage effectively with development teams, program management, and customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience as a reliability, systems, DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineer.
• Ability to obtain a Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Must meet the stated ITAR eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Architect, automate, test, deploy, and maintain highly available software infrastructure in Kubernetes across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Own the Kubernetes deployment strategy and collaborate with the software development team on architecture and product delivery.
• Implement DevSecOps practices focused on security and compliance with SOC 2, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP Moderate controls.
• Develop secure ingress and egress connectivity to customer and vendor data centers for multi-tenant and single-tenant environments.
• Establish best practices for service availability, latency, and performance.
• Work directly with customers to deploy architectures in cloud environments and offline or secure facilities.
• Contribute to an engineering team working in an Agile Scrum environment.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, with employees required to take 15 days off.
• Most U.S. federal government holidays are observed.
• Quarterly health and wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance for employees and their families, with 100% coverage for employees.
• 401(k) matching at 4%.
• Annual four-day company offsite.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level