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Senior Platform Engineer – Infrastructure
Field Nation. Define, design, build, and operate the internal developer platform and tools .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating internal developer platforms, with a strong focus on cloud architecture, infrastructure as code, and continuous improvement of operational practices. Proficient in defining and managing SLIs and SLOs while ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.
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CI/CD Tools (GitOps, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)Kubernetes (EKS) and DockerCloud-Native Application Development (NodeJS, PHP, Go)Observability Tools (Datadog)
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Hard Skills
Infrastructure as CodeCloud ArchitectureCI/CD ToolsKubernetesDockerTerraformMonitoring and AlertingScripting LanguagesError BudgetsAgile Development
Soft Skills
CollaborationEmotional IntelligenceVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationMentoring
Tools & Technologies
AWS Services (EC2, MKS, RDS, S3)FluxHelmDatadogGitHub Actions/Workflows
Industry Keywords
DevOpsDevSecOpsSREOperational ExcellenceChaos Engineering
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAnsibleAWSCloudDNSDockerEC2FluxJenkinsKubernetesNode.jsPHPSDLCTerraformGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Define, design, build, and operate the internal developer platform and tools
- Enable engineering teams to focus on feature work in their products
- Lead and mentor on cloud architecture, infrastructure as code, monitoring and alerting, and operational excellence
- Participate in on-call rotation for platform and tool incident response during working hours
- Build monitoring that alerts on symptoms rather than outages
- Use metrics and data to continuously improve products
- Define and measure appropriate SLIs and continuously meet or exceed SLOs
- Identify and implement platform architecture and tooling improvements to reduce toil and improve resilience and scalability
- Apply sound engineering practices to build long-term solutions and prevent recurring issues
- Use chaos engineering to stress and validate monitoring, resilience, and HA/DR commitments
- Collaborate across engineering teams as a platform ambassador to optimize platform usage and identify continuous improvements
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools such as GitOps, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, with GitHub Actions/Workflows preferred
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps/DevSecOps/SRE
- 3+ years writing secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform, and using standard SDLC methodologies for cloud infrastructure
- 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, preferably EKS, and Docker
- 3+ years of experience writing automation and tools using scripting or programming languages
- 2+ years building, running, and operating cloud-native applications using Docker and one or more programming languages; NodeJS, PHP, or Go preferred
- Very strong background and passion for building secure solutions
- Working knowledge of defining and managing SLIs and SLOs and using error budgets
- Strong knowledge of English and clear verbal and written communication
- Solid emotional intelligence and ability to collaborate under pressure
- Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering or related field, or relevant work experience (preferred experience)
- Previous experience building and operating an internal developer platform and tools
- Experience with Flux and Helm
- Broad working knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, MKS, RDS, and S3
- Operational experience in networking, certificate management, DNS, content delivery networks, and identity management
- Experience with observability tools, preferably Datadog
- Experience in an agile development environment
Benefits
Comp & perks- Field Nation LLC Performance Reward
- Festival Bonus
- Referral Bonus
- Gratuity
- Leave encashment
- Medical insurance for employees and immediate family (spouse and children)
- Gym membership
- Complimentary lunch / dinner
- Unlimited tea & coffee
- Transportation
- Mobile data allowance
- Career development budget
- Hybrid work model (2 days in-office, 3 days remote per week)
- Summer & Winter Field Weeks (annual team retreats)
- Quarterly team outing budget
- Occasional gifts
- Maternity leave
- Paternity leave
- Hajj/Umrah leave
- Paid time off (annual, casual, and sick leave)