Sr Platform Engineer

Chicago, Illinois

Saxon Global
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Sr. Platform Engineer

Apex Systems is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer to support our Education Organization client. The Sr. Platform Engineer will be responsible for implementing cloud platforms and DevOps tooling to improve the developer experience. The ideal candidate will have a foundational knowledge of containerization, CI/CD patterns, scriptwriting, and knowledge of distributed systems and architectures.

Title: Sr. Platform Engineer

Location: Remote unless residing 50mi from Chicago, IL; Columbia, MD; Minneapolis, MN; or Miramar, FL (hybrid 3x/week)

Job Requirements:
  • Developing, deploying, and maintaining DevOps tooling and infrastructure to make the software delivery system run seamlessly.
  • Build scalable infrastructure to manage CI/CD systems (either GCP and AWS) and applications.
  • Minimize risk of reliability related failure outcomes as pertaining to durability, availability, performance.
Required Qualifications:
  • Eight (8) plus years of working knowledge of DevOps and application deployment processes.
  • Four (4) plus years of experience configuring and debugging automated CI/CD pipelines (experience with GitHub is preferred).
  • Advanced knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
  • Ability to use NewRelic as a monitoring tool for manual scripts
  • Familiarity with DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of Terraform
  • Background working with GitHub Advanced Security
Education/Certifications:
  • BS or higher in Computer Science
Required Skills : 8 years DevOps CI/CD Github Python GCP preferred, AWS is acceptable
Background Check :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :
Project Verification Info :"The information provided below is for Apex Systems AV use only and is not to be distributed publicly, or to any third party. Any distribution of the below information will result in corrective action from Apex Systems Vendor Management. Client Letter: Will Provide"
Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :Yes
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship :Yes
Interview times set :Yes
Type of project : Adtalem Global Education, Inc. - SOW
Master Job Title :BUS
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Date Posted: 26 March 2025
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