Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

Who We Are

At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.

Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.

Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation. 

We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others.  We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.

About the Role

The Sr. Infrastructure Engineer helps design and maintain reliable systems at scale in the cloud. Our infrastructure runs on AWS and other cloud platforms. We currently utilize RDS, EC2, DynamoDB, Lambda, and AWS IoT, to name a few. Prior experience in AWS and with Terraform is required, and a focus on scripting and automation is preferred. Our applications are containerized and run in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). We use Jenkins for Continuous Integration (CI) and ArgoCD for Continuous Deployment (CD).

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure

• Build foundational infrastructure for other teams to deploy and run their applications

• Look for ways to reduce toil through scripting and automation

• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity

• Mentor and level up other Engineers

• Identify challenges and propose well thought out solutions

• Provide innovative solutions to complex problems

• Define and improve our standards for maintainability and best practices

• Contribute to architectural infrastructure decisions

• Participate in 24/7 on-call shift schedule for infrastructure support

Education and Experience

• 5+ years operational knowledge of AWS infrastructure (Azure, GCP nice to have)

• 5+ years proven scripting abilities (e.g. bash, Python, Golang)

• Strong desire to automate and create standard frameworks

• 5+ years Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis)

• 3+ years of Kubernetes and containerization best practices (EKS)

• 2+ years of experience with monitoring and observability of applications (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Datadog)

• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal

• Emphasis on documentation and knowledge sharing

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field

Platform Science Benefits Highlights

The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability insurances

• AD&D and life insurance

• 401k plan

• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays

• Six weeks of paid parental leave

For more information please see the Benefits Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees.

In addition, you can access the Benefit Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees by copying and pasting the link into your browser: https://www.platformscience.com/benefits.

This is an exempt role. Our job titles for each posting may span across more than one job level. The estimated base salary for this role is between $126,143 and $195,054. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salaries across all US locations. Compensation packages are based on many factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, work experience, relevant trainings and certifications, business needs, market demands and specific geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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