Platform Engineer
We Write Code•Des Moines, IA
•Hybrid
About The Position
We Write Code is seeking a Platform Engineer in the Des Moines, Iowa area who has the ability to migrate container workflows, and update build, tag, and publish processes. This is a hands-on, hybrid role in Des Moines, Iowa. Relocation assistance is not available, and we will not consider third party candidates.
Requirements
- Senior-level AWS platform engineering across IAM, ECR, ECS/Fargate, Secrets Manager/SSM, S3, VPC networking, and CloudWatch.
- Experience using Claude Code or another agentic coding assistant in a professional engineering workflow, including critically reviewing AI-generated changes and validating them with tests or evidence.
- Working knowledge of ECS on Fargate deployments including task definitions, services, networking, IAM task roles, logging, ALB/service discovery, and troubleshooting.
- Strong Terraform skills for provider migration and module authoring plus GitHub Actions CI/CD expertise with reusable workflows, environments, and OIDC to AWS.
- Proficiency in Bash/Python scripting, automation‑focused repo navigation, Azure literacy for reading existing configs, and solid Docker/Git fundamentals.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Coder and cloud dev environments such as GitHub Codespaces and devcontainers.
- Familiarity with AWS Blocks/CDK and the judgment to choose them over one‑to‑one ports when appropriate.
- Background in Microsoft Entra ID OIDC federation plus exposure to Snowflake/Redshift/Glue.
Responsibilities
- Migrate container workflows
- Update build, tag, and publish processes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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