Senior Platform Engineer

Required skills for this role : Expertise with AWS Cloud Services, Kubernetes, Crossplane, and ArgoCD is required.

Need someone who can go out and problem solve, not have to wait for tasks to be given, and think critically. Someone who is available and accountable is extremely important.

MUST be willing to code/write back end services with go or python. However, Python experience is not required. If they are willing to code, that's sufficient.

?Build-to-learn? mindset


Notes: For the Senior Platform engineer role, we are looking for a candidate with a bachelor?s degree and 10 years of working experience with a strong foundation in AWS infrastructure, DevSecOps and GitOps principles, Kubernetes (EKS), IaC (particularly Terraform) and other AWS technologies like AMQ, RDS, Secrets Manager. Open to someone with 6+ years of experience if they have the right skillset!


Sr Platform Engineer

Logistics:
Type: Contract to hire
Location: 100% Remote (can be local anywhere but have to be OK working in EST timezone - please emphasize standard working hours)


Project Overview
Goal: Build a product-like platform and pipeline.
They are looking to build a devops based build process with Jenkins that will incorporate sonar cube and security best practices. The hope is this one build process can be utilized by a variety of teams.
This person will be driving towards this goal and be expected to operate as a leader in designing and build not mentoring or guiding.

Status: Tech stack is defined; project has been fully brainstormed
Work Type: Mostly reusable components, with some custom enhancements
Role: Lead the build effort with minimum guidance; take ownership from day one

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Required Skills:
? Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required, equivalent experience considered in lieu of degree
? At least six (6) years of related experience required; at least four (4) years of experience will be accepted if candidate has Master's Degree from an accredited college or university
? Strong scripting skills preferably in Terraform, Cloudformation Python, Perl , Unix shell scripting
? Good Understanding and experience with the container technologies (Kubernetes/Docker)
? Strong AWS architecture design experience
? Build and deployment automation using one or more platforms such as Bamboo, Jenkins, TFS/VSTS, TeamCity, UrbanCode, etc.
? Knowledge of SSL certificates management
? Experience in an Agile and DevOps practices.
? Champion Agile best-practices, processes, and tools in support of DevOps processes
? Experience developing automation solutions and working in a highly automated environment
? Experience with data storage and data backup technologies
? Knowledge of baseline and operations inside a cloud environment
? Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools (e.g. Chef, Puppet and Ansible) and fluency in the associated programming languages (e.g. Ruby, Python or any other scripting)
? Experience interacting with an infrastructure via the AWS CLI
? Extensive experience with EC2,S3,VPC,IAM,RDS and CodeCommit
? Experience with AWS services like ACM,Route53 , SSM , Lamda,Auto-scaling
? Experience in programmatically balancing variable load patterns and optimizing cloud elasticity
? Experience in monitoring tools such as Cloudwatch, Splunk, Nagios, Appdynamics, Dynatrace or related tools
? Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment methodologies
? Basic Database trouble shooting technique experience required.
? Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
? Ability to work well in a fast paced environment under deadlines in a changing environment.
? Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously,
? Ability to work as a team member, as well as independently
? Must be will willing to work in pair programming model
? Must be organized and detail oriented

Preferred Skills:
? Experience with Health care data Compliance and Security requirements, adhering to all Policy and Standards is a plus
? Experience working in mid-large scale projects preferred
? Database experience using various RDBMS preferred
? Knowledge of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
? Knowledge of networking (Cisco routers and switches, F5 APM, GTM and LTMs, etc.)
Experience in monitoring and setting up alerting for Cloud components (Ex: AWS or similar Cloud platforms)


Benefits:

York Solutions Offers a generous benefits package for eligible full-time employees:

• BCBS Medical with 3 Plans to choose from (PPO and High deductible PPO plans with Health Savings Program)
  
• Delta Dental plan with 2 free cleanings and insurance discounts
  
• Eye Med Vision with annual check-ups and discounts on lens
  
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance paid by company
  
• John Hancock 401(k) Retirement Plan with discretionary company match
  
• Voluntary Insurance programs such as: Hospital Indemnity, Identity Protection, Legal Insurance, Long Term Care, and Pet Insurance.
  
• Flexible work environment with some remote working opportunities
  
• Strong fun and teamwork environment
  
• Learning, development, and career growth