Senior Platform Engineer - Ardán Inc.

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Position Summary: The Senior Platform Engineer will lead the implementation processes and procedures around development operations (DevOps), development security operations (DevSecOps), application reliability and security, and monitoring and observability (including assisting teams when troubleshooting is needed). Collaborate in person and/or online to ensure solutions are simple and deliver value. Drive improvements to efficiency, quality, and velocity of the team and should stay current with new languages/frameworks as needed by each ongoing development projects. This person will also perform reviews of *Infrastructure as Code* and provide feedback to ensure strong coding practices.

Essential Functions:

• Analyze requirements and collaborate with infrastructure and software engineering teams to ensure architecture and design decisions are secure, scalable, and reliable.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and software engineering teams to develop and maintain Terraform/OpenTofu code and related DevOps pipelines.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and software engineer teams to develop, modernize, and maintain observability, monitoring, and alerting via Grafana.
• Work independently on projects or as part of a team
• Work with the team to estimate tasks, design and implement solution
• Provide architectural guidance during the design phase.

Competencies:

• 3 or more years experience working with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, and related and similar tools to streamline DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines.
• 3 or more years of experience working with Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS), Helm, Terraform/OpenTofu, etc.
• 3 or more years experience working with observability platforms (Grafana is strongly preferred).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact in a team environment

Education and/or skills

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
• 3 or more years of experience implementing and maintaining DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines.
• 3 or more years of experience implementing and maintaining observability, monitoring, and alerting systems.

Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Must be able to sit, stand, stoop or bend for an extended period (8 hours).
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.
• Must be able to listen and speak clearly over the phone

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Ardán offers some great perks:

• Health, dental, and vision benefits.

• Employer-paid disability and life insurance.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• 401K with company match.

• Paid time off and company-paid holidays.

• Wellness resources.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhausted list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.