Platform Engineer

Job# : 2029480

Job Description : Description :

Description :

Contributes to the design and implementation of a software engineering culture that unifies Application Development and Operations.

Will assist in engineering solutions that maximize the throughput of code releases through automated, secure and portable tools and functions.

Responsibilities :

• Participates in the analysis, design and development of technical specifications, programming, and testing of DevOps components.
• Participates in design and scripting reviews to ensure that design and enterprise programming standards and guidelines are followed.

Assist with creating or updating the enterprise standards when gaps are identified.

• Assists team members in issue resolution, scalability metrics, integration issues, and critical production issues as required.
• Follows technology best practices and standards and escalates any issues as they deem appropriate. Follows architecture and design best practices (as guided by the Senior Engineer, Lead DevOps Engineer & Architectural team).
• Responsible for assisting in configuration and scripting to implement fully automated infrastructure provisioning, image builds, and instance deployment capabilities.
• Follows standard change control and configuration management practices.
• Participates in 24-hour on-call rotation in support of the platform.

Required Skills / Qualifications

• Drive and desire to automate repeatable processes
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication, as well as the willingness to collaborate with teams across the organization
• Experience in DevOps practices, infrastructure, scripting / programming.
• Linux / Unix OS experience
• OpenShift experience
• Kubernetes experience

Desired Skills / Qualifications

• KCNA, CKA, and / or CKAD certification
• Experience working with Kubernetes in an Enterprise environment
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies (eg. OpenStack, Azure, AWS, etc.), container concepts (eg. Docker), infrastructure deployment tools (eg.

Ansible, Chef, Terraform), CI / CD tools (eg. ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

EEO Employer

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Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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