Senior Platform Engineer

Role Summary

Senior Platform Engineer

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assist in designing secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms, while also optimizing performance for data-intensive workloads. Your expertise will be critical in designing robust logging and monitoring frameworks that proactively detect and eliminate production issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise

  on cloud platform designs using AWS, with the ability to articulate pros and cons of different services for specific use cases.

• Lead technical evaluations

  for Capex projects, recommending AWS services that align with business and technical requirements and the Architectural Review Board recommendations.

• Design and implement

  scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure using AWS (Azure experience is a plus).

• Optimize performance

  of data-intensive workloads by advising on efficient code patterns and resource configurations.

• Manage infrastructure as code

  using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.

• Build reusable modules

  and automation frameworks to support platform scalability and consistency.

• Configure and manage

  EMR Serverless for big data processing.

• Implement and maintain

  Amazon MWAA (Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow) for orchestration.

• Design and secure

  API Gateway endpoints for scalable API management.

• Implement secure access controls

  , encryption standards, and compliance frameworks (e.g., HSM, Key Vaults).

• Ensure tagging and traceability

  of all cloud assets for governance and cost tracking.

• Collaborate with internal security teams

  to remediate vulnerabilities and meet compliance targets.

• Ensure high availability and reliability

  of cloud infrastructure through resilient design and failover strategies.

• Respond to and resolve

  cloud-related incidents and performance issues.

• Design and consult

  on logging and monitoring dashboards using tools like Splunk , Dynatrace or CloudWatch to proactively detect and eliminate production issues.

Work closely with engineering, security, and compliance teams

Qualifications

Qualifications

• . 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with a strong focus on AWS. . Proven ability to evaluate and recommend AWS services for varied use cases.
• . Hands-on experience with EMR Serverless, MWAA, and API Gateway. . Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.
• . Strong understanding of cloud security principles and compliance frameworks.
• . Experience optimizing performance for data-intensive workloads.
• . Experience designing monitoring and logging dashboards for production environments.
• . Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and guide cross-functional teams.

Additional Information

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