Sr Platform Engineer I (Remote)

American Specialty Health Incorporated

84d•Remote

About The Position

American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) is seeking a Sr Platform Engineer I to join its Platform Engineering and DevOps organization. This individual-contributor role implements and contributes to the design and evolution of capabilities that enable secure, scalable, and efficient public cloud adoption and software delivery. The role supports platform engineering practices and developer self-service, and contributes to continuous improvements in cloud reliability, automation, and engineering standards to simplify software product delivery and accelerate business outcomes. The position works across Azure cloud compute, storage, networking, and runtime layers, including IaaS and PaaS products. It supports containerized platform-native runtime services, infrastructure as code, security and governance controls, observability, reliability, cost optimization, CI/CD, developer tooling, self-service templates, and integration and eventing capabilities. The role also troubleshoots platform and infrastructure issues, performs root cause analysis, collaborates with team members, and performs other duties as assigned while complying with company policies and standards. This is a work-from-home position. The employee must have a designated home work area, use company-provided technology equipment, and maintain a reliable internet connection with a minimum consistent speed of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload; 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload is recommended. The position is primarily sedentary and may require lifting up to 10 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience; if qualifying through equivalent experience, a high school diploma is required.
At least 3 years of experience in cloud platform engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, or DevOps roles.
Hands-on experience implementing and supporting scalable, distributed systems across IaaS, PaaS, AI, and container-based environments.
Experience designing and implementing infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated platform provisioning.
Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language.
Experience working within and contributing to DevOps/DevSecOps practices, including collaboration across development, security, and operations teams.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex systems, improve platform reliability, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Working knowledge of identity and access management concepts and securing platform resources in cloud environments.
Experience implementing or supporting platform observability, including logging, monitoring, and performance diagnostics.
Strong background creating secure cloud architectures and implementations for Internet-facing applications.
Strong leadership, interpersonal, influencing, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
Ability to interact positively and respectfully and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
Ability to provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers.
Excellent listening and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to organize, prioritize, multitask, and manage time effectively.
Demonstrated accuracy and productivity in a changing environment with constant interruptions.
Ability to analyze information, problems, issues, situations, and procedures to develop effective solutions.
Ability to exercise strict confidentiality.
Ability to see, speak, and hear other personnel and/or objects; communicate verbally and in writing; travel within and around a facility or work-from-home environment; use a telephone, computer keyboard, and mouse; and lift up to 10 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to supporting application or infrastructure modernization efforts, including migration from on-premises to cloud environments.
Exposure to AI/ML platform services.
Experience supporting or enabling microservices-based architectures and modern application deployment patterns, including asynchronous system-to-system integration using queuing and messaging platforms.
Exposure to platform security and compliance controls.
Exposure to developer platform or self-service enablement.
Exposure to cost optimization or resource efficiency practices.
Experience with Microsoft Azure IaaS and PaaS offerings.
Microsoft Azure certifications such as Azure Administrator, Developer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer within 1.5 years.
Microsoft Azure certifications such as Azure AI Engineer Associate or AI Fundamentals within 1.5 years.

Responsibilities

Implement and contribute to the design of platform environments across cloud compute, storage, networking, and runtime layers using Azure IaaS and PaaS products.
Deploy and operate containerized platform-native runtime services.
Implement infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Develop, maintain, and enhance reusable platform components and automation frameworks based on established platform patterns and standards.
Implement security controls and policy enforcement defined by platform standards.
Implement identity, access, and secrets management patterns.
Enable compliance and governance through automated guardrails.
Implement monitoring and logging solutions.
Implement and support redundant, fault-tolerant, and automated recovery mechanisms using zonal and multi-region cloud tenancy patterns.
Monitor platform performance and contribute to cost optimization efforts.
Enable consistent application deployment patterns and workflows.
Support, build, and enhance developer tooling and CI/CD platform capabilities.
Implement and maintain self-service templates and contribute to the evolution of golden paths.
Contribute to abstraction layers and APIs for infrastructure and platform services.
Troubleshoot platform and infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis.
Collaborate with team members and share knowledge.
Implement and support messaging, eventing, and API capabilities.
Enable event-driven and asynchronous communication patterns across systems.
Utilize and contribute to reusable integration patterns for application and platform services.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with all policies and standards.