SRE / Platform Engineer

Tier4 GroupReston, VA, US

9 hours ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Job Description

SRE / Platform Engineer

Full Time

Hybrid - 2 days onsite / 3 WFH (Reston VA)

Role Summary

Hands-on SRE / Platform Engineer that bridges on-prem OpenShift platform with new Azure analytical environment. This role focuses on cluster reliability, automation, and optimization, while partnering with development, infrastructure operations, security, and data teams to enable delivery through modern DevSecOps practices. Supports platform infrastructure that drives trillions of dollars in economic activity every year. Enjoys working with a variety of technologies, is self-starting, and leads with an eye toward continuous improvement.

Key Focus Areas

Operate, tune, and optimize OpenShift / Kubernetes clusters
Operate and manage analytics-focused Azure services (compute, networking, storage, data)
Bridge on-prem to cloud : migrate, integrate, and support hybrid service model
Support the needs of platform stakeholders with platform tools, products and services

Technologies

Automation & IaC : Terraform, Ansible, GitOps

Observability : Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana

Networking & ingress : Nginx, service meshes, container networking

Messaging platforms : Kafka, AMQ

Secrets & access management : HashiCorp Vault

CI / CD & pipeline design : ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions (or similar)

Scripting / coding : Bash, Python, Go

Collaboration & Leadership

Design and maintain delivery pipelines to support dev and data teams

Lead incident response, RCA, and postmortems with process improvements

Partner with developers and various domain-specific engineers to deliver reliable platform services

Must-Have Qualifications

2+ years of hands-on experience managing and operating Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters.

Strong background with Microsoft Azure services (compute, networking, storage, data services).

Proven experience with automation and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps).

Proficiency in observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).

Scripting and coding skills in Bash, Python, or Go .

Preferred / Stand-Out Skills

Experience bridging on-premise and cloud environments in hybrid service models.

Expertise with Kafka / AMQ messaging platforms , HashiCorp Vault , and CI / CD tools such as ArgoCD, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions .

Background in leading incident response and postmortems , with focus on root cause analysis and continuous improvement.

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