Platform Engineer

As Platform Engineer, you'll have a minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable infrastructure solutions. The successful candidate will play a critical role in architecting, deploying, and managing our customer's core platform, ensuring its availability, performance, and security. We know that you can't have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed withour people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers. If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below. What you'll do: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement a resilient and scalable platform architecture. Lead the planning, development, and deployment of platform components, services, and applications. Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks to optimize platform performance, security, and cost-effectiveness. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes, enabling rapid and reliable software delivery. Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks, and proactively optimize systems for maximum efficiency. Manage cloud-based infrastructure and orchestration tools to ensure high availability and fault tolerance. Drive security best practices throughout the platform, implementing measures to safeguard data, applications, and services. Troubleshoot complex issues across the platform stack and provide effective resolutions to minimize downtime. What you'll need to succeed: Active TS SCI clearance with CI Poly. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. Minimum of 8 years of professional experience as a Platform Engineer or in a similar role. Extensive expertise in designing and implementing highly available, scalable, and secure platform architectures. Proficiency in AWS (Azure a plus), with a deep understanding of cloud services and networking. Strong hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker, Kubernetes; specifically experience with Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex system issues. Experience working on an Agile development team. Ability to obtain privileged user access Like we said, we are big fans of our people. That's why we offer a generous benefits package, professional growth, and valuable time to recharge. Learn more about our company culture code and benefits . Plus, check out our accolades. Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At MetroStar we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic culture , so, if you're excited about this role, but your previous experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to go ahead and apply. We pride ourselves on making great matches, and you may be the perfect match for this role or another one we have. Best of luck. - The MetroStar People & Culture Team What we want you to know: In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. MetroStar Systems is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of MetroStar Systems. Not ready to apply now? Sign up to join our newsletter here . " EEO IS THE LAW MetroStar Systems, LLC (MetroStar) invites any employee and/or applicant to review the Company's Affirmative Action Plan. This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing ."