Sr Platform Engineer (Datacenter Engineering)

Beacon Technologies•Madison, WI

About The Position

Beacon Technologies is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer to work within its datacenter engineering team, which delivers platform services across public and private cloud. The role calls for a well-rounded engineer with hands-on experience across on-premises and cloud technologies who uses DevOps tools to build repeatable patterns and solutions. It requires strong infrastructure fundamentals, a DevSecOps mindset, and application of Site Reliability Engineering principles. The engineer manages virtual machine and container workloads on OpenShift Virtualization and OpenShift/Kubernetes, provisions workload images and templates, and manages shared resources. The role builds automation for on-premises and cloud environments, delivers services across AWS accounts and/or GCP projects within multi-account security models, and supports enterprise operating-system lifecycle management through golden images, patching, and hardening. It also contributes to resiliency, data protection, and disaster recovery solutions. The engineer owns automation work within larger projects from design through delivery; develops and maintains Ansible playbooks and roles using team coding standards and Git workflows; and participates in technology evaluations and re-engineering for continuous improvement. Responsibilities also include documenting design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, and performance metrics; participating in platform, code/Git, and documentation walkthroughs; ensuring work meets design, performance, quality, and security standards; recommending improvements across planning, design, development, and testing; analyzing CPU, memory, and storage performance data; and understanding appropriate use of agentic solutions in critical systems.

Requirements

At least 5 years of relevant infrastructure or platform engineering experience.
Hands-on experience managing workloads on Red Hat OpenShift, including OpenShift Virtualization and Kubernetes.
Experience with image provisioning, template management, and shared resources for OpenShift workloads.
Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud: AWS or GCP.
Experience with multi-cloud account security models and cross-account service delivery.
Experience with on-premises technologies such as VMware and Linux/Windows server administration.
Foundational system administration experience, including operating systems, configuration, installations, patch management, and server maintenance.
Foundational networking knowledge, including firewalls, proxies, IP management, routing, and DNS.
Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including job templates, workflows, inventories, credentials, and Execution Environments.
Experience building and maintaining Ansible content that runs through AAP to automate on-premises and cloud services.
Understanding of operating-system hardening practices and methods for templating deployments from standardized images.
Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, microservices, and similar endpoints for configuration, data extraction, and automation.
Understanding of security best practices, secure coding practices, secrets management, certificates, and certificate management.
Demonstrated experience in one or more of Python, Linux, Shell, Bash, or other programming languages.
Proficiency with Git/GitLab source control, branching, and CI/CD pipelines.
Understanding of resilient system design, high availability, and disaster recovery methodologies.
Demonstrated experience communicating technical information.

Responsibilities

Manage virtual machine and container workloads running on OpenShift Virtualization and OpenShift/Kubernetes.
Provision and manage images, templates, and shared resources for OpenShift workloads.
Build automation for on-premises and cloud environments using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
Deliver platform services across AWS accounts and/or GCP projects within multi-account security models.
Manage enterprise operating-system lifecycles through golden images, patching, and system hardening.
Participate in large-scale resiliency, data protection, and disaster recovery solutions.
Own automation work within larger projects from design through delivery.
Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles in accordance with team coding standards and Git workflows.
Participate in technology evaluations and re-engineering activities to support continuous improvement.
Document design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, and performance metrics according to organization standards.
Prepare for and participate in platform, code/Git, and documentation walkthroughs.
Ensure work meets design, performance, quality, and security standards.
Identify and recommend improvements in planning, design, development, and testing.
Analyze and interpret CPU, memory, and storage performance data.
Understand agentic solutions and their appropriate use within critical systems.
Participate in agile processes, progress stories through each sprint, adjust as needed, and collaborate with the team.
Communicate technical information.