Job Summary
The Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the internal engineering platform that enables development teams to build, deploy, and operate applications efficiently and securely.
This role focuses on
developer enablement
,
automation
, and
infrastructure standardization
, ensuring that development teams can provision environments, deploy applications, and manage services with minimal friction.
The Platform Engineer works closely with
software development teams, IT infrastructure teams, DevOps engineers, and security teams
to build a scalable, secure, and self-service platform for application deployment and operation.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering
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Design and maintain the internal
developer platform
used by engineering teams.
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Provide standardized
deployment environments
for development, testing, staging, and production.
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Build reusable
infrastructure templates
and environment blueprints.
Infrastructure Automation
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Implement
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
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Automate infrastructure provisioning including VMs, containers, storage, and networking.
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Develop reusable infrastructure modules for common services.
CI/CD Enablement
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Design and maintain
CI/CD pipelines
to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
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Support development teams in integrating pipelines with their applications.
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Improve deployment reliability and reduce release cycle time.
Developer Experience
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Provide
self-service capabilities
for developers to provision environments and deploy applications.
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Develop internal tools and scripts that improve developer productivity.
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Maintain documentation and standards for deployment and infrastructure usage.
Platform Reliability
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Ensure platform stability, scalability, and performance.
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Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms.
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Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues.
Security and Compliance
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Ensure platform configurations comply with organizational security policies.
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Implement access control, secrets management, and secure networking.
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Work with security teams to enforce best practices.
Collaboration
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Act as a technical liaison between
development teams and IT operations
.
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Support teams in resolving infrastructure and deployment challenges.
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Participate in architecture and deployment planning discussions.
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
Experience
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0-2 years of experience in
DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Platform Engineering
.
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Experience supporting
multiple development teams
in a production environment.
Technical Skills
Strong experience in several of the following areas:
Cloud & Infrastructure
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Azure / AWS / GCP
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Virtual machines, containers, networking
Infrastructure as Code
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Terraform
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Bicep / ARM templates
-
Ansible
CI/CD
-
Azure DevOps
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GitHub Actions
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GitLab CI
Containers
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Docker
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Kubernetes (preferred)
Monitoring
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Prometheus
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Grafana
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ELK Stack / OpenSearch
Scripting
Version Control